Kenya’s Dennis Kimetto has won and set a new course record in a historic Chicago Marathon.
Kimetto won the male division with an unofficial time of 2:03:45, breaking the previous record set last year of 2:04:38 while another Kenyan athlete Rita Jeptoo won the female division with an unofficial time of 2:19:59, slower than the 2002 course record of 2:17:18.
The winners of the wheelchair division finished the race in less than 2 hours. As a group of wheelchairs crossed the finish line a number of volunteers clapped and cheered.
Ernst Van Dyk of South Africa won the male wheelchair division with a time of 1:30:37 and the winner of the female wheelchair division, Tatyana McFadden of Champaign won with a time of 1:42:37.
Kelly Minor, 22, finished the race in four hours flat, 30 seconds slower than her finish last year.
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