Kenyan runner Ruth Chepngetich smashed the women's marathon world record in the Chicago Marathon. She dedicated the surprise run to a late compatriot who set the men's record last year.

The 30-year-old Kenyan became the first woman to break a marathon time of 2 hours 10 minutes, and cut almost 2 minutes off the previous women's record.

Ruth Chepngetich don break World Record as she win Chicago Marathon on Sunday, 13 October. Di Kenyan athlete clock di time in two hours, nine minutes and 57 seconds to set di new world record.

Ruth Chepngetich smashed the world record by nearly two minutes at the Chicago Marathon on Sunday, winning in 2:09:56.

Ruth Chepngetich, from Kenya, crosses the finish line of the Chicago Marathon to win the women’s professional division and break the women’s marathon world record in Grant Park on Sunday, Oct ...

Kenya's Ruth Chepngetich breaks the record for the fastest women's marathon to win the Chicago Marathon on Sunday.

Ruth Chepngetich breaks women's world record at 2024 Chicago Marathon; John Korir wins men's race Chepngetich won with a time of 2:09:56. She’s the first woman in history to run under 2:10.

Kenyan distance runner Ruth Chepngetich completed the Chicago Marathon in 2:09:56 on Sunday, smashing the women’s full marathon world record.

Kenya’s Ruth Chepngetich breaks women’s world record at Chicago Marathon Chepngetich wins the Chicago Marathon in 2:09:56, dedicating the record to Kelvin Kiptum, who died in a car crash.

Kenyan Ruth Chepngetich ran the fastest women’s marathon in history to win the Chicago Marathon on Sunday. Chepngetich, 30, clocked 2 hours, 9 minutes, 56 seconds, crushing the world record of 2:11:53 ...

Chepngetich, who also won in Chicago in 2021 and 2022, became the first woman to break 2 hours, 10 minutes in the marathon.