Brigid Kosgei breaks world record

Kenya’s Brigid Kosgei with the clock reading her World Record in Chicago, USA, yesterday. [AP]

Brigid Kosgei of Kenya last evening sensationally smashed the women marathon world record by more than a minute at the Chicago marathon.

Kosgei easily sprinted to a world record in a blistering time of 2:14: 04, chipping off one minute, 21 seconds from one held by Great Britain’s Paula Radcliff set in 2003.