American Champion of the 2023 Chicago Marathon with 2 hours 13 minutes 44 seconds, Dutch runner Sifan Hassan broke the race record and achieved the second best women's marathon time in history.
Hassan broke the previous record by 40 seconds, set by Kenyan runner Brigid Kosgei at Chicago 2019 with a time of 2 hours 14 minutes 4 seconds. The Dutch runner also broke the European record of 2 hours 15 minutes 25 seconds, set by former British runner Paula Radcliffe at the 2003 London Marathon.
Hassan's time of 2:13:44 is also the second best marathon time in history, behind only Tigist Assefa - a Kenyan runner who just won the Berlin Marathon 2023 with a world record of 2:11:53. Assefa is also the first female runner to run a sub-2:12 marathon.
Hassan led the women's race at the 2023 Chicago Marathon on October 8 for most of the race. Photo: Runner's World
Hassan currently holds every European record for women from 1,500m to marathon distances. Specifically, she holds the European record for 1,500m at 3:51.95, 1 mile (1.6km) at 3:4:12.33, 3,000m at 8:18.49, 5,000m at 14:22.22, 10,000m at 29:06.82 and half marathon at 65:15.
Hassan has had a mixed season leading up to the 2023 Chicago Marathon. In April 2023, in his first marathon, the 30-year-old won the London Marathon in 2 hours 18 minutes 33 seconds, setting a national record. 41 days later, Hassan won a double gold medal in the 1,500m (3 minutes 58 seconds 12) and 10,000m (29 minutes 37 seconds 80) in Hengelo, Netherlands.
At the 2023 Budapest World Athletics Championships, Hassan showed great ambition when competing in all three events of 1,500m, 5,000m, but did not win any gold medals. She stumbled while leading and only finished 11th out of 22 athletes in the 10,000m final, won a bronze medal in 1,500m with 3 minutes 56 seconds, then finished the tournament with a silver medal in 5,000m.
On the Chicago Marathon 2023 course on October 8, in his second run of 42.195 km, Hassan and Ruth Chepngetich - the Chicago champion of the last two races - had an explosive start, reaching the 10km mark in 31 minutes and 5 seconds, 40 seconds faster than Assefa's time over the same distance when setting the record in Berlin two weeks ago.
Hassan dropped a few seconds halfway through the race, but returned to the lead by 25km and gradually cut Chepngetich’s tail. By 35km, the Dutchman had opened up a 31-second lead and would break the race record. Like Kelvin Kiptum in the men’s race, Hassan took the lead by a hair after 30km and finished in 2 hours, 13 minutes, 44 seconds.
This was an unexpected achievement, as Hassan herself admitted that she had not yet reached her full marathon potential. "This is just the beginning. I am not in the best shape to run a marathon yet," she said before leaving for the majors in Chicago.
Hassan crossed the finish line, setting a record at the Chicago Marathon on October 8.
Behind Hassan were Kenya's Ruth Chepngetich with 2 hours 15 minutes 37 seconds, Ethiopia's Megertu Alemu with 2 hours 17 minutes 9 seconds, Kenya's Joyciline Jepkosgei with 2 hours 17 minutes 23 seconds and Ethiopia's Tadu Teshome Nare with 2 hours 20 minutes 4 seconds.
The Chicago Marathon, founded in 1977, is a member of the World Marathon Majors, the six largest races on the planet, along with races in Boston, New York City, London, Berlin and Tokyo. The race on October 8th recorded a new record for this race with Kiptum's time of 2 hours 0 minutes 35 seconds and Hassan's women's record.
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