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2023 Chicago Marathon
The 2023 Chicago Marathon was the 45th edition of the Chicago Marathon, annual marathon race in Chicago, held on Sunday, . A World Athletics Label Road Races, Platinum Label marathon, it was the fifth of six World Marathon Majors events that were held in 2023. The race also hosted the age group world championships for the year. Kenyan runner Kelvin Kiptum set a new marathon world record progression, marathon world record, winning the race with a time of 2:00:35, and beating the previous world record of 2:01:09, set by his compatriot Eliud Kipchoge at the 2022 Berlin Marathon, by 34 seconds. Kiptum broke free from all the other runners by the mark, and finished the race with a significant negative split. This was Kiptum's third marathon, after he set the course record at the 2022 Valencia Marathon with a time of 2:01:53 in what was the fastest marathon debut ever, and then set another course record at the 2023 London Marathon with a time of 2:01:25. Dutch runner Sifan H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelvin Kiptum
Kelvin Kiptum (born 2 December 1999) is a Kenyan long-distance runner. He ran the fastest ever marathon debut at the 2022 Valencia Marathon, becoming just the third man in history to break two hours and two minutes. Career Kiptum gained his first international experience in March 2019 when finishing fifth at the Lisbon Half Marathon (59:54). In December 2020, he set new personal best in the event of 58:42, placing sixth at the Valencia Half Marathon. In 2021, he ran 59:35 and 59:02 half marathons in Lens, France (first) and Valencia (eighth) respectively. On 4 December 2022, the 23-year-old pulled off an upset when debuting in the marathon at the Valencia Marathon. With the quickest second half ever (60:15), he set the fourth-fastest time on the world all-time list of 2:01:53, becoming only the third man in history to break 2:02 after world record holder Eliud Kipchoge (2:01:09 and 2:01:39) and Kenenisa Bekele (2:01:41). Kiptum's winning time was by far the fastest marathon d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Super Shoes
Super shoes or carbon-plated shoes are a type of lightweight running shoe incorporating carbon fiber plates and thick foam soles. They are typically used in long-distance running, including trail running and marathons. Since their introduction on the road in 2016, and more recently on the track in 2019, super shoes have coincided with a series of record-breaking times in middle to long-distance running events. History The first shoes to incorporate carbon fiber plates were produced in 2016 by Nike. At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, the top three finishers in the men's marathon all wore Nike Vaporfly 4% shoes. These so-called "super shoes" began retailing in 2017. Other major brands soon followed suit, producing their own versions of super shoes. The introduction of super shoes coincided with a series of record-breaking times in long-distance running events. As of late 2023, 15 of the 20 top times for the marathon were set since 2018. Kenyan long-distance runner Eliu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruth Chepngetich (2021 Chichago Marathon)
Ruth Chepng'etich, often spelt Ruth Chepngetich, (born 8 August 1994) is a Kenyan Road running, road racing athlete, who competes in the marathon and other long-distance running, long distance events. She was the 2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's marathon, 2019 Marathon World champion in hot and humid conditions. Chepng'etich twice won the Chicago Marathon, in 2021 Chicago Marathon, 2021 and 2021 Chicago Marathon, 2022. Her personal best in the marathon sits second on the Marathon#All-time individual top 25, world all-time list. She holds the third-fastest mark of all time for the half marathon. She is related to Rosefline Chepngetich. Career In 2018, Ruth Chepng'etich won the women's only road race at the 40th Istanbul Marathon (World Athletics Label Road Races, World Athletics Label Road Race). She ran 2:18:35 (31:59 – 10 km, 48:15 – 15 km, 1:08:22 – Half marathon, 1:37:42 – 30 km), a race record, best performance ever on Turkish soil, and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 London Marathon
The 2002 London Marathon was the 22nd running of the annual marathon race in London, United Kingdom, which took place on Sunday, 14 April. The elite men's race was won by Khalid Khannouchi of the United States in a time of 2:05:38 hours and the women's race was won by home athlete Paula Radcliffe in 2:18:56. Khannouchi's time was a marathon world record, improving on his own record by four seconds. Radcliffe was also close to a world record, just nine seconds off the time set by Catherine Ndereba the previous year. In the wheelchair races, Britain's David Weir (1:39:44) and Britain's Tanni Grey-Thompson (2:22:51) won the men's and women's divisions, respectively - with Grey-Thompson winning for the sixth time. Around 99,000 people applied to enter the race, of which 46,083 had their applications accepted and 33,297 started the race. A total of 32,536 runners finished the race, comprising 24,768 men and 7768 women. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khalid Khannouchi
Khalid Khannouchi ( ar, خالد خنّوشي) (born September 12, 1971) is a retired American marathoner. He was born in Meknes, Morocco. He is the former world record holder for the marathon and held the former road world best for the 20 km distance. He is one of only five men to break the marathon world record more than once, and one of only five to break their own marathon world record (the others are Jim Peters, Derek Clayton, Eliud Kipchoge, and Haile Gebrselassie). Khalid fell out with the Moroccan athletics federation over training expenses and moved to Brooklyn, New York City in 1992 with three of his friends. He married American Sandra Inoa in 1996, who now coaches him and acts as his agent. They set up home in Ossining, New York. He became a naturalized citizen of the United States on May 2, 2000. , Khalid holds the American record for the marathon, with a time of 2:05:38 at the London Marathon in 2002. Khannouchi officially retired on March 27, 2012 due to recu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 Chicago Marathon
The 1999 Chicago Marathon was the 22nd running of the annual marathon race in Chicago, United States and was held on October 24. The elite men's race was won by Morocco's Khalid Khannouchi in a time of 2:05:42 hours and the women's race was won by Kenya's Joyce Chepchumba in 2:25:59. Khannouchi's winning time was a marathon world record, and only his third outing over the distance. That record stood for two and a half years before the Moroccan beat it again at the 2002 London Marathon. BBC Sport (2002-04-14). Retrieved 2020-04-10. Results Men Women References Results Association of Road Racing Statisticians. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tigst Assefa
Tigst Assefa Tessema (; born 3 December 1996) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner and the world record holder in the women's marathon. She has competed in and won two top-tier World Marathon Majors, both in Berlin. A former 800 metres specialist, Tigst switched to road races in 2018 and ran her first marathon in 2022. At the age of 16, she won the bronze medal in the 800 m at the 2013 African Junior Championships. She finished fourth at the senior African Championships the following year, and then represented Ethiopia in the event at the 2016 Rio Olympics aged 19. Tigst ran then the third-fastest female marathon in history at the 2022 Berlin Marathon and obliterated the world record by 2:11 minutes at the 2023 Berlin Marathon, on 24 September, with a time of 2 hours 11 minutes and 53 seconds, becoming the first woman to break the 2:14-hour, 2:13-hour and 2:12-hour barriers in a marathon. Career left, Tigst (in yellow shirt) at a meet in Reims, France in 2013 Accordi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 Berlin Marathon
350px, Winner pacemaker_(running).html" ;"title="Eliud Kipchoge (left) about into the race, behind pacemaker (running)">pacemakers (in striped gear) and alongside Derseh Kindie (center midground), who did not finish the race file:Berlin-Marathon 2023 Tadu Abate bei Kilometer 25 B.jpg, 350px, Second-place finisher Vincent Kipkemoi (center midground, in red) and third-place finisher Tadese Takele (right foreground), both about into their debut marathon, alongside eighth-place finisher Philemon Kiplimo (right midground, in black) and in front of fourteenth-place finisher Tadu Abate (left) The 2023 Berlin Marathon was the 49th edition of the annual Berlin Marathon, marathon race in Berlin, held on Sunday, . A Platinum Label marathon, it was the fourth of six World Marathon Majors events scheduled for 2023. Almost 48,000 runners from 156 countries took part in the event. Ethiopian runner Tigst Assefa set a new marathon world record for women, winning the race with a time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brigid Kosgei
Brigid Jepchirchir Kosgei (born 20 February 1994) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specialises in the marathon. She won the 2018 and 2019 Chicago Marathons, the 2019 and 2020 London Marathons and the 2021 Tokyo Marathon. Kosgei is the current marathon world record holder for women running in a mixed-sex race, with a time of 2:14:04 achieved on 13 October 2019 at the Chicago Marathon. She won the silver medal in the marathon event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Personal life Brigid Jepchirchir Kosgei grew up in Elgeyo-Marakwet County, Kenya, and had six siblings. Aged 17, she began running training with her boyfriend and now husband Matthew Kosgei. Career Kosgei finished in the top two in eight of the first nine marathons that she ran. She came second at the 2016 Lisbon Marathon behind Sarah Chepchirchir, in a personal best time of 2:24:45. Her time was faster than the previous course record. In 2017, Kosgei won the Bogotá Half Marathon, and came third at the Copenhagen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 Chicago Marathon
The 2019 Chicago Marathon was the 42nd annual running of the Chicago Marathon held in Chicago, Illinois, United States on October 13, 2019. The men's race was won by Kenyan Lawrence Cherono in 2:05:45 while the women's was won by Kenyan Brigid Kosgei in 2:14:04, a world record by 81 seconds. The men's and women's wheelchair races were won by Daniel Romanchuk and Manuela Schär in 1:30:26 and 1:41:08, respectively. More than 45,000 runners completed the race. Course The marathon distance is officially long as sanctioned by World Athletics. The course starts and finishes in Grant Park. Before leaving the park, the course runs underneath the BP Pedestrian Bridge before entering Downtown Chicago where the runners go along Michigan Avenue, Grand Avenue, and State Street. The course turns north onto LaSalle Street and enters Lincoln Park around mile 5. The course continues to Sheridan Road before turning back south along Broadway, passing through Boystown, Old Town, and River ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1896 Summer Olympics
The 1896 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 1896, Therinoí Olympiakoí Agónes 1896), officially known as the Games of the I Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 1ης Ολυμπιάδας, Agónes tis 1is Olympiádas) and commonly known as Athens 1896 ( el, Αθήνα 1896), was the first international Olympic Games held in modern history. Organised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which had been created by French aristocrat Pierre de Coubertin, it was held in Athens, Greece, from 6 to 15 April 1896. Fourteen nations (according to the IOC, though the number is subject to interpretation) and 241 athletes (all males; this number is also disputed) took part in the games. Participants were all European, or living in Europe, with the exception of the United States team. Over 65% of the competing athletes were Greek. Winners were given a silver medal, while runners-up received a copper medal. Retroactively, the IOC has converted thes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1977 Chicago Marathon
The 1977 Chicago Marathon was the first running of the annual marathon race in Chicago, United States and was held on September 25. The elite men's and women's races were won by Americans Dan Cloeter (2:17:52 hours) and Dorothy Doolittle (2:50:47). A total of 2128 runners finished the race. It marked a return of a full marathon race to the city, following on from the Windy City Marathon of the 1960s. . Retrieved 2020-05-26. Results Men Women References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
