Kenyan distance runner Ruth Chepngetich completed the Chicago Marathon in 2:09:56 on Sunday, smashing the women’s full marathon world record. Chepngetich became the first woman to ever run under 2:10 at the full marathon distance.
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🇰🇪’s Ruth Chepngetich destroys the marathon world record in Chicago with an incredible 2:09:57 😮💨
That’s almost 2 minutes faster than the previous world record 🤯
She finishes in 10th place overall of the @ChiMarathon 👏 pic.twitter.com/ftM1J0j1F1
— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) October 13, 2024
Ethiopian runner Tigst Assefa held the previous women’s world record of 2:11:53, a feat she accomplished at the 2023 Berlin Marathon.
Chepngetich, 30, won gold in the women’s marathon
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