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Kenya’s Chepngetich storms to victory in Chicago Marathon

Ruth Chepngetich approaches the finish line in the 2021 Chicago Marathon in Chicago, the US, October 10 2021.[ Picture:/USA TODAY SPORTS]

Kenya’s Ruth Chepngetich obliterated the sector to win the ladies’s Chicago Marathon in 2:22:31 on Sunday, as Ethiopia’s Seifu Tura claimed victory within the males’s race.

Chepngetich, who received gold on the 2019 world championships, went out quick, securing a 27-second lead by means of the primary 10 kilometres and by no means let up, ending a minute and 49 seconds forward of second-placed American Emma Bates.

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