Kenyan Brigid Kosgei shatters 16-year-old world marathon record

Brigid Kosgei of Kenya races to the finish line during the 2019 Bank of America Chicago Marathon in Chicago, the US, October 13 2019. Picture: QUINN HARRIS/AFP

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. “When I saw how fast Brigid was running in the first part of the race, if she was able to hold that together, she was always going to beat the time,” Radcliffe said. Kenyan Lawrence Cherono sprinted past Ethiopian Dejene Debela to win the men’s race. Cherono clocked an unofficial 2:05:45 to add to his Boston Marathon title. Debela was a second back as British defending champion Mo Farah placed eighth in 2:09.58 and Galen Rupp failed to finish.

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