John Korir (born 2 December 1996) is a Kenyan road runner. He was the winner of the

2024 Chicago Marathon The 2024 Chicago Marathon was the 46th edition of the annual Chicago Marathon, held on October 13, 2024. The race is the fifth of six World Marathon Majors held in 2024, and is a platinum label race. The marathon had 120,000 applications in 202 ...

, in a time of 2:02:44, making him the sixth fastest marathoner in history. He won the

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in a time of 2:04:45, which his brother

Wesley Korir Wesley Kipchumba Korir (15 November 1982) is a Kenyan athlete who specializes in long distance running competitions, as well as a politician who served as an elected member of Parliament for Cherangany Constituency. On 16 April 2012, he won the ...

also won in 2012, making them the first brothers to win Boston.

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