CHICAGO URBAN DAILY
CHICAGO (CHICAGO URBAN DAILY)— Grant Park to the finish line in Grant Park: Sunday’s 48th Bank of America Chicago Marathon delivered one of the fastest days in race history, with both champions running personal bests in front of massive downtown crowds.
Kenya’s Amos Kipruto stormed to the men’s title in 2:01:09, completing a three-year climb up the Chicago podium after finishing third in 2024 and second last year. He left Ethiopia’s Tadese Bikila nearly two minutes behind, with Bikila crossing in 2:02:56 and Milkesa Mengesha taking third in 2:03:46. Uganda’s defending champion Jacob Kiplimo faded to fourth.
The women’s race was a war. Ethiopia’s Hawi Feysa defended her title in 2:13:33, breaking away from Kenya’s Sharon Lokedi in the final mile after a tense back-and-forth that began around the 30-kilometer mark. Lokedi took second in a personal-best 2:14:07, with fellow Kenyan Brigid Kosgei third in 2:14:55. Feysa is now a back-to-back Chicago champion — and her winning time was the second-fastest in race history.
American standouts delivered too. Emma Grace Hurley finished seventh in 2:20:47 — the fastest marathon debut by an American woman, ever. Olympian Clayton Young gutted out seventh in the men’s race in 2:05:23 despite a hamstring injury, with Charles Hicks eighth in 2:05:35 and Vincent Mauri tenth in 2:06:45 after a fearless early charge at the lead pack.
In the wheelchair races, Switzerland’s Marcel Hug won in a course-record 1:21:34, and Catherine Debrunner won in 1:33:16 — reported by NBC Chicago as an unofficial world record.
Roughly 55,000 runners took over the city’s streets. Chicago, you showed up.
Stay tuned to Chicago Urban Daily for more on the weekend’s biggest event.
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