Kiptum breaks marathon record | The Freeman
I said it before and I’ll say it again, soon the marathon record will fall below 2 hours. When Eliud Kepchoge of Kenya set the world record of 2:01:09 in the 2022 Berlin Marathon, it looked like runners are nearing sub-2 hours. Kepchoge’s compatriot Kelvin Kiptum almost went below two hours when he clocked 2:00:35 in the recently-concluded Chicago Marathon. The 23-year-old Kiptum eclipsed Kepchoge’s record by 34 seconds. He won $100,000 and got another $50,000 for setting the course and world record. Just six months after running the second fastest marathon of all time in London, Kiptum broke his previous 2:01:25. Defending champion Benson Kipruto also of Kenya came in second in 2:04:02 while Bashir Abdi of Belgium finished third in 2:04:32. Another Kenyan, John Korir, pocketed third in 2:05:09. The rest of the top ten are 5th Seifa Tura Abdiwak (Ethiopia-2:05:29), 6th Conner Mantz (USA-2:07:47), 7th Clayton Young (USA-2:08:00), 8th Galen Rupp (USA-2:08:48),9th Sam Chgelanga (USA-2:08:50), and 10th Ichida Takashi (Japan-2:08:57).