Today in Chicago another huge marathon milestone was set. Brigid Chepchirchir Kosgei won the Chicago Marathon in an amazing time of 2:14:04 and set the new official best mark for women.
Kosgei replaced Paula Radcliffe on the top of the all-time list. Radcliffe won the London Marathon in 2003 with the time of 2:!5:25.
Brigid Kosgei is a new marathon world record holder (Photo: Reuters)
Congratulations to the Kenyan runner who won the Chicago Marathon for the third consecutive time.
Brigid Kosgei winning the Chicago Marathon (Photo: AFP/Getty Images)
Read the full report on the IAAF site. Visit the Chicago Marathon site for full results.
Kosgei managed to run the race very consistently. It's amazing how her pace even increased for the last two kilometers and was almost as quick as her starting pace.
Source: official Chicago Marathon results page
Crossing the finish line (Source)
The other milestone, mentioned above, is Eliud Kipchoge's sub two hours marathon run yesterday in Vienna.
Amazing x 2
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