Kelvin Kiftum Shatters World Record at 2023 Chicago Marathon

2 hours 00 minutes 35 seconds.

Kelvin Kiftum (24), a promising Kenyan marathon winner, won the 2023 Chicago Marathon held in Chicago, Illinois, USA on the 8th (Korean time) with a new world record.

Kelvin Kiftum, a promising Kenyan marathoner, is crossing the finish line with a new world record at the 2023 Chicago Marathon held in Chicago, Illinois, USA on the 8th (Korean time). /Reuters News 1

2 hours 00 minutes 35 seconds is a whopping 34 seconds faster than the previous world record (2 hours 01 minutes 09 seconds) set by ‘marathon king’ Eliud Kipchoge (39, Kenya) at the Berlin Marathon in September last year.

Kiftum had already taken an overwhelming first place at the 35km mark on this day and began a race against himself and time.

As a result, Kiftum became the first athlete to run the full marathon course (42.195km) in under 2 hours and 1 minute.

Kelvin Kiftum is breaking the world record at the 2023 Chicago Marathon held in Chicago, Illinois, USA on the 8th (Korean time). /Reuters News 1

There are now only 36 seconds left until humanity’s dream of reaching the 42.195 km ‘1 hour zone’.

Kiftum, a natural sprinter who trained without a separate coach, established himself as a world-class marathoner by recording 2 hours, 01 minutes and 53 seconds at the Valencia Marathon last December, breaking the 2 hours and 2 minutes mark.

And four months later, at the London Marathon in April, he drew attention by crossing the finish line with the second-highest record of all time (2 hours, 01 minutes and 25 seconds) after Kipchoge.

Kelvin Kiftum is celebrating with officials after winning the 2023 Chicago Marathon in Chicago, Illinois, USA, with a new world record, on the 8th (Korean time). /Reuters News 1

This time, in just six months, Kiftum broke the 2 hour, 1 minute barrier and continued his sprint toward an unprecedented record.

“I’m really happy,” Kiftum said in an interview with Reuters immediately after the game. “In fact, I did not think I would be able to set a new world record today,” he said, but was happy, saying, “I believed that one day I would become the world record holder.”

2023-10-08 16:00:25

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