Kelvin Kiptum from Kenya broke the marathon world record to win the Chicago Marathon in 2 hours and 35 seconds.
Kiptum, listed at 23 years old, broke countryman Eliud Kipchoge’s world record of 2:01:09 set at the 2022 Berlin Marathon.
“I was not confident to break, but I was in good shape to run a fast race,” said Kiptum following the race.
Kiptum has run three career marathons — all in the last 10 months — and posted three of the six fastest times in history — 2:01:53 in Valencia, Spain, last December, followed by 2:01:25 in London in April.
He has supplanted the 38-year-old Kipchoge as the world’s best marathoner. Kipchoge, who held that distinction for most of the last decade, bids next year to become the first person to win three Olympic marathons.
Here is the list of Top 10 (Men)
Men’s Elite
1. Kelvin Kiptum (KEN) — 2:00:35 WR
2. Benson Kipruto (KEN) — 2:04:02
3. Bashir Abdi (BEL) — 2:04:32
4. John Korir (KEN) — 2:05:09
5. Seifu Tura Abdiwak (ETH) — 2:05:29
6. Conner Mantz (USA) — 2:07:47
7. Clayton Young (USA) — 2:08:00
8. Galen Rupp (USA) — 2:08:48
9. Sam Chelanga (USA) — 2:08:50
10. Takashi Ichida (JPN) — 2:08:57
13. Matt McDonald (USA) — 2:10:34
