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The 40th Chicago Marathon took place today on a beautiful October morning. The men’s winner was Galen Rupp (2:09:20). Rupp is from Portland, Oregon and  the first American to win the Chicago Marathon in 15 years. The women’s winner was Tirunesh Dibaba of Ethiopia (2:18:31). Marcel Hug of Switzerland defended his title in the men’s wheelchair division (1:29:23), and Tatyana McFadden of Maryland (USA) defended her wheelchair title (1:39:14). However, at the time of this writing, the official Chicago Marathon website is showing a tie between McFadden and Amanda McGrory of Savoy, Illinois (USA) with both finishing at 1:39:15. (For music fans, the marquis on the Chicago Theatre notes the Pixies are playing a sold out show tonight.)

Sebastian Sawe has written himself into the record books after becoming the first athlete to run a marathon in less than two hours. Sawe achieved the jaw-dropping feat during Sunday’s London Marathon, running the course in one hour 59 minutes and 30 seconds. The 30-year-old Kenyan’s time is more than a minute faster than the late Kelvin Kiptum’s previous record of 2:00:35, set in 2023. Eliud…

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NEW YORK | Re-run: 4 winners from ’17 to defend titles at NYC Marathon

NEW YORK — All four winners of the 2017 NYC Marathon return to defend their titles on Sunday.

American Shalane Flanagan and Kenyan Geoffrey Kamworor will try to repeat, along with the Swiss pair of Manuela Schar and Marcel Hug in the wheelchair division.

“To be coming back as the defending champion, it’s quite an honor and literally a dream come true,” said Flanagan, the first U.S. woman to win…

2017 Bank of America Chicago Marathon Press Conference Pt 2

Marcel Hug of Switzerland and Hiroki Nishida of Japan warm up on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge prior to the the start of the TCS New York City Marathon on Nov. 6, 2016.  (Michael Reaves/Getty Images)