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Kiplimo and Feysa Win Chicago Marathon as Mantz Breaks U.S. Record

Official results highlight record performances, with organizers citing a major boost to Chicago’s economy.

Overview

  • Uganda’s Jacob Kiplimo won the men’s race in 2:02:23 and Ethiopia’s Hawi Feysa took the women’s title in 2:14:56, per the event’s official results.
  • American Conner Mantz finished fourth in 2:04:43, setting a new U.S. national and North American area record, according to Olympics.com.
  • Marcel Hug captured the men’s wheelchair crown in 1:23:20 and Susannah Scaroni won the women’s wheelchair race in 1:38:14, based on official timings.
  • About 53,000 runners traversed a flat, fast course through 29 neighborhoods, with organizers estimating $680 million in local economic impact and noting roughly 18,000 charity runners supporting more than 200 causes.
  • NBC Chicago streamed full race coverage from 7 a.m. CT with a Spanish-language broadcast on Telemundo Chicago, while the event offered a $560,000 prize pool including $100,000 to each open-division champion.