Showing posts with label Chicago Marathon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chicago Marathon. Show all posts

October 07, 2012

Kebede wins Chicago Marathon in course record, Kebede wins Chicago Marathon in course record



Tsegaye Kebede of Ethiopia shattered the course record in winning the Chicago Marathon on Sunday morning.
Kebede pulled away late and was all alone, waving to the crowd as he approached the finish at Grant Park and crossing the line in 2 hours, 4 minutes, 38 seconds. That easily eclipsed the previous mark of 2:05:37 set by Kenya's Moses Mosop last year and was more than enough to beat countryman Feyisa Lilesa.The women's race was also a thriller, with Atsede Baysa of Ethiopia edging Kenya's Rita Jeptoo by about a step. The two traded leads down