Tsegaye Kebede won the 35th BOA Chicago Marathon 2012 this morning, the first Ethiopian to do so in Chicago, breaking the course record of 2:05:37 set by Moses Mosop of Kenya last year in a new course record time of 2:04:38 (PB) which ranks 4th in World Leading behind Geoffrey Mutai of Kenya (2:0415 Berlin), Dennis Kimetto of Kenya (2:04:16 Berlin) and Ayele Abshero of Ethiopia (2:04:23 Dubai).
Fellow countrymen Feyisa Lilesa and Tilahun Regassa finished closely behind in second and third in 2:04:52 and 2:05:27 respectively, all under the old course record and making an Ethiopian clean sweep in men's category.
Atsede Baysa made a double for Ethiopia when she narrowly defeated Rita Jeptoo of Kenya at the tape in 2:22:03 by a one-second margin. Another Kenyan Lucy Kabuu came in third followed by the defending champion Liliya Shobukhova of Russia who has won the last three titles here in a row including the superb 2:18:20 triumph which made her the second fastest women in marathon all time behind Paula Radcliffe who incidentally still holds the Chicago course record of 2:17:18 in 2002.
There were about 45,000 participants in this event.
Top 3 finishers:
Men
1) 2:04:38 (CR) (PB) - Tsegaye Kebede (ETH)
2) 2:04:52 - Feyisa Lilesa (ETH)
3) 2:05:27 - Tilahun Regassa (ETH)
Women [CR - 2:17:18 Paula Radcliffe (GBR) 2002]
1) 2:22:03 - Atsede Baysa (ETH)
2) 2:22:04 - Rita Jeptoo (KEN)
3) 2:22:41 - Lucy Kabuu (KEN)
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