On 8th of October 2023 the world record for marathon was corrected again, but this time not in Berlin, but on the streets of Chicago. Kelvin Kiptum crushed everything and in spite of me being sure the Kenyan will get the WR, there are a lot of unusual components involved and I want to present…
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Chicago Marathon 2023 – Kelvin Kiptum’s New World Record 2:00:35
Chicago Marathon 2023 was announced as a World Record tentative, but not from Eliud Kipchoge, but from Kelvin Kiptum, a 23 year young prodigy from the same Kenya. Well, Kelvin Kiptum already amazed in Valencia and London, where he run his first and only marathons, in 2:01:53 and 2:01:25 respectively. Two of the fastest five…