Brigid shatters Paula’s world record
and Gelete Burka finished more than six minutes behind Brigid.
Kenyan Lawrence Cherono sprinted past Ethiopian Dejene Debela to win the men’s race in two hours, five minutes, 45 seconds but British defending champion Farah placed eighth in 2:09.58 and previous winner Galen Rupp failed to finish.
The time was Farah’s slowest in a marathon by more than a minute. He was not available for comment.
Both Farah and Rupp were formerly coached by the now-banned Salazar as was American Jordan Hasay, one of the women’s favourites who also did not finish.
The race was the first for the three since Salazar was banned from the sport for four years by the US Anti-Doping Agency for “orchestrating and facilitating prohibited doping conduct”.
Debela was a second behind Cherono and fellow Ethiopian Asefa Mengstu took third in 2:05:48.
“Towards the end I felt like I could kick forwards, I still had enough energy to sprint and it’s amazing,” Cherono said.
“I am so happy. It’s my second major marathon and to come only a few months after Boston is brilliant.”
American Daniel Romanchuk overwhelmed the men’s wheelchair field to defend his title in an unofficial 1:30:26.
Swiss Manuela Schar also retained her title, the 34-year-old winning the women’s wheelchair race in an unofficial 1:41:08. record of 2:15:25 which the Briton set in London in April 2003.
“They (spectators) were cheering, cheering and I got more energy to keep faster,” said Brigid, the defending Chicago champion who also won this year’s London Marathon.
Paula witnessed the fall of her record.
“We always knew the time would come when the record would be broken,” said Paula.
Brigid’s record came a day after Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge became the first man to run a marathon in under two hours but the mark, in Vienna, will not count for record purposes.
Ethiopians Ababel Yeshaneh
CHICAGO: Kenyan Brigid Kosgei broke Paula Radcliffe’s 16-yearold women’s marathon world record but former Alberto Salazar coached athletes, including Mo Farah, were never a factor in the Chicago Marathon on Sunday.
The 25-year-old Brigid set a blistering pace from the start to run two hours, 14 minutes, four seconds and shatter Paula’s previous