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.