Chicago Marathon

2022 - 10 - 9

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Susannah Scaroni Takes on the Chicago Marathon (The New York Times)

A Paralympic gold medalist broke three vertebrae when she was hit by a car in a training session a year ago. On Sunday she will race in her third marathon ...

The 10-kilometer Peachtree Road Race in Atlanta on July 4 offered a $53,000 bonus for runners who broke the course record to share, in honor of the 53rd year of the race. In January, she was finally able to get back in her racing chair. But she was determined to get back on a starting line as fast as possible, even if she had not regained her fitness, because so many races had been canceled during the first 20 months of the pandemic. So she was a little leery when her mother insisted on taking her to a sports clinic at Shriners Hospital in Spokane an hour away when she was in fourth grade. She had to rebuild the core strength needed to sustain the upright position that pushing in the chair requires. Scaroni was paralyzed and became the only person in a wheelchair in her tiny town of Tekoa, Wash., population 800. Since 2017, she has balanced the life of a full-time professional racer with her graduate studies. Soon her mother was driving her two hours round-trip to practice every week, and when an opportunity to compete on a track team arrived, she joined that, too, and thrived. She was in the back seat. At Sunday’s Chicago Marathon, she will try to earn her third marathon medal in three weeks, capping off a third-place finish at the Berlin Marathon on Sept. Perhaps, but Scaroni has also been addicted to competition since her journey in wheelchair sports began when she was in elementary school. Bleakney rigged a handcycle to a workout bench, which allowed Scaroni to lie on her back and pedal with her hands and arms.

2022 Chicago Marathon results (Home of the Olympic Channel)

2022 Chicago Marathon top-10 results and notable finishers from men's and women's elite and wheelchair races.

At BYU, he won NCAA cross-country titles in 2020 and 2021 and placed fifth in the Olympic Trials 10,000m, then turned pro and won the U.S. The American men’s debut marathon record of 2:07:56 (Leonard Korir) is in play. And Ethiopian Ruti Aga, a podium finisher in Berlin, New York City and Tokyo with a best time of 2:18:34, though she has one marathon finish since the pandemic (a seventh place). The most notable: defending champion Seifu Tura of Ethiopia and 2021 Boston Marathon winner Benson Kipruto of Kenya. “If everything goes perfect on the day, I think a sub-2:07, that’s a big stretch goal.” Since, Sisson won the Olympic Trials 10,000m on the track and was the top American in Tokyo in 10th place. At the time, it was the 12th-best U.S. She ran the virtual New York City Marathon later in 2020, but that was solo (and not in New York City). At Chicago, a flat course that produced a world record three years ago, Sisson can answer them and perhaps get close to D’Amato’s American record 2:19:12. In the last two years, Keira D’Amato, 37, and Sara Hall, 39, combined to run seven faster marathons. Sisson vaulted into the elite group of U.S. Conner Mantz makes one of the most anticipated U.S.

Results and Highlights From the 2022 Chicago Marathon (Runner's World)

Ruth Chepngetich narrowly missed the world record on the women's side, while Benson Kipruto took home the men's title.

Olympic Trials champion in the 10K, who turns 31 this week, suffered an injury during her buildup to the Olympic Games in Tokyo and had to withdraw from a planned marathon last fall. Yes, she has run a marathon! He also won the 2021 Boston Marathon. Over 40,000 runners took to the streets of the Windy City on Sunday morning on what turned out to be a fast day all around. [Dickson Chumba](https://www.runnersworld.com/news/a20854924/dickson-chumba-of-kenya-wins-the-chicago-marathon/), won the Chicago Marathon in 2015 and twice won the Tokyo Marathon in 2014 and 2018. [terrific day](https://www.runnersworld.com/news/a41558477/chicago-marathon-weather-forecast-2022/) for racing at the [2022 Chicago Marathon](https://www.runnersworld.com/races-places/a28775244/chicago-marathon-faq/) and the performances proved that.

Emily Sisson Demolishes American Record at the Chicago Marathon (The New York Times)

Sisson, who finished second in the women's race, ran the Chicago Marathon in 2:18:29. It is the second time the American record has fallen this year.

[Susannah Scaroni](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/09/sports/susannah-scaroni-chicago-marathon.html) won the women’s wheelchair race in 1:45:48. [Benson Kipruto](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/16/sports/benson-kiprutos-boston-marathon.html) of Kenya won the men’s race in 2:04:24. Enter Emily Sisson, the 30-year-old American half-marathon record-holder, who competed in the 10,000 meters at the Tokyo Olympics last year. She finished in 2:14:18, just 14 seconds short of it. “There’s a number of American women that are also gunning for that record, so I think if I don’t lower it myself, it’s not going to be mine for very much longer,” she said ahead of the Sept. It is the second time the American record has fallen this year.

Ruth Chepngetich misses world record by 14 seconds in Chicago ... (The Guardian)

Kenyan Ruth Chepngetich defended her Chicago Marathon title in a dominant display on Sunday, breaking the tape in 2hr 14min 18sec.

but I’m happy,” Chepngetich said. “I wanted to break the world record ... Chepngetich built up an early lead and had established an astonishing 3min 42sec advantage over the chasing pack by the halfway point.

Emily Sisson Smashes American Record in 2022 Bank of America ... (NBC Chicago)

Sisson's unofficial time of 2:18:29 marked second place in this year's race and broke Keira D'Amato's record in Houston this year.

And we're all here to celebrate with Emily," she said. "I mean the women standing here today, they've all accomplished so much, so just to be amongst them is an incredible honor." D'Amato at the time broke a record that had stood for 16 years.

Kenya's Chepngetich, Kipruto cruise to victory in Chicago Marathon (Reuters)

Kenyan Ruth Chepngetich defended her Chicago Marathon title in a dominant display on Sunday, breaking the tape in two hours 14 minutes and 18 seconds, ...

"I'm here to take up from where (Chumba) left." but I'm happy," Chepngetich said. "I wanted to break the world record...

Ruth Chepngetich Narrowly Misses World Record in 2022 Chicago ... (NBC Chicago)

Defending champion Ruth Chepngetich solidified her spot in history as she won the 2022 Bank of America Chicago Marathon just seconds away from world record.

But she followed that performance with her win at the 2021 Bank of America Chicago Marathon. The feat includes wins in Dubai, Istanbul and the 2019 IAAF World Championships. Chepngetich won the 2021 Chicago race in what was her first appearance in the United States.

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