Kelvin Kiptum On Sunday, October 8th, he broke the marathon world record in Chicago in sensational fashion.
The 23-year-old, who recently told Olympic.com that he is “confident that I will be able to run two hours in the future,” clocked a time of 2:00:35 leading up to the eclipse. Eliud Kipchoge’s 34 seconds behind the previous mark.
Within the first few kilometers, seven runners and a few pacers formed the lead group.
Then, just over 5km into the match, London Marathon winner Kiptam and Daniel Kibet Matejko He remained in contact with his only pacemaker.
By the time they reached the halfway point in 1 hour 00 minutes 48 seconds, they were well ahead of the world record, but Kipchoge’s mark from last year in Berlin came back into view with 10 kilometers to go when Kiptum’s That was until he started kicking.
The 5km between 30 and 35km was a blistering speed of 13 minutes and 51 seconds, and Kiptum suddenly found himself on a track to break 2 minutes and 01 seconds, continuing to run in the lead.
Sifan Hassan She intended to follow in Kiptam’s footsteps and repeat her success in the women’s race in London.
She and two-time reigning champion Ruth Chepgetich I completed my first 10km in 31 minutes 05 seconds, 40 seconds faster. Tigst Assefa Two weeks ago, she set a world record in Berlin.
Along with three male pacemakers, the pair continued to record blistering splits, further separating them from the rest of the field.
Hassan, who won two medals at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest six weeks ago, by the 20km mark had beaten Chepgetic, who had reached the halfway point in 1 hour 5 minutes 42 seconds, more than 45 seconds faster than the world record pace. made it retreat.
However, just like his victorious debut in London, Hassan bounced back from what appeared to be a rough patch and began to pull away from his Kenyan rival just after the 25km mark.
Although she wasn’t able to match Assefa’s world record time right away, with 5km to go, the Dutch woman had built up enough of a lead to come close to winning her second race in two races.
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