Rita Jeptoo defends Chicago Marathon women`s title

Kenyan Rita Jeptoo defends  her Chicago marathon women's championship  in a time of 2:24:35.

Chicago: Kenya`s Rita Jeptoo won her second consecutive Chicago Marathon women`s title on Sunday, giving her four marathon triumphs in a row.

The 33-year-old won in an unofficial time of two hours, 24 minutes and 36 seconds.

Jeptoo completed double marathon wins in the same year at Boston and Chicago for the second year in a row.

Ethiopia's Mare Dibaba was a well-beaten second in 2:25:37, 20 seconds ahead of Kenyan Florence Kiplagat.
American Tatyana McFadden continued her superb women's wheelchair form, winning her third consecutive World Marathon Major of the year in 1:44.50.
Another Illinois athlete, Joshua George, won a sprint for the men's wheelchair race, clocking 1:32:12 for his fourth Chicago victory.

Jeptoo hasn't lost a major marathon since she finished second in a sprint to Ethiopia's Atsede Baysa in the 2012 Chicago Marathon. She smashed the course record to repeat as Boston Marathon champion in the spring and came away with an easy victory in Chicago for the second straight year.
She pulled away after 23 miles, with no one near her at the end. Jeptoo raised her arms as she crossed the line and sank to her knees.