Once again, a world record was broken at the Chicago Marathon on Sunday.
50,000 athletes took over the streets of the Windy City for the 46th Bank of America Chicago Marathon .
The 30-year-old bested the record set by Tigist Assefa of Ethiopian in 2:11:53 at the 2023 Berlin Marathon. Runners converged on Chicago from all 50 states and more than 100 countries to place the city on the international stage again.ABC7 Chicago caught up with Galen Rupp. He won the Bank of America Chicago Marathon in 2017.
Plainfield's Chris Colon is a Bank of America employee and part time firefighter. He ran the course to raise support for local firehouses.
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