Kenyan Brigid Kosgei broke Paula Radcliffe's 16-year-old women's marat...
CHICAGO - Kenyan Brigid Kosgei broke Paula Radcliffe’s 16-year-old women’s marathon world record by more than a minute when she ran two hours, 14 minutes, four seconds at the Chicago Marathon on Sunday.
Kosgei set a blistering pace from the start to shatter the record of 2:15:25 set by Briton Radcliffe in London in April 2003. Kosgei, who maintained a commanding lead throughout the race, thrust her hands in the air in triumph as she crossed the finish line, more than six minutes ahead of the second-place finisher Ababel Yeshaneh of Ethiopia.Cherono clocked an unofficial two hours, five minutes, 45 seconds to add to his Boston Marathon title.
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