Kenya’s Ruth Chepngetich breaks women’s marathon world record in Chicago

Ruth Chepngetich of Kenya set a world record in the women’s marathon on Sunday in Chicago, smashing the old record by almost two minutes. Chepngetich, 30, ran 26.2 miles in 2 hours, 9 minutes and 56 seconds, making her the first woman to run a marathon in less than 2 hours and 10 minutes. The previous world record, set by Tigist Assefa of Ethiopia at the 2023 Berlin Marathon, was 2:11:53. “I ...