Friday, September 6, 2013

Elite fields of 2013 Chicago Marathon



The elite fields of the 36th  2013 BOA Chicago Marathon , scheduled on 13 Oct, have been announced which include three sub 2:05  and one sub 2:06 PB-debutants in Moses Mosop (KEN), Dennis Kimetto (KEN), Ayele Abshero (ETH) and Tilahun Regassa (ETH) respectively.
It will also feature the rematch of the 'photo-finish' one-second margin top two finishers from the women's  race of last year when Atsede Baysa of Ethiopia won in her personal best of 2:22:03 with Rita Jeptoo of Kenya finished closely one second behind also in her personal best.

Men
Moses Mosop (KEN) 28, PB 2:03:06 (debut) Boston 2011, 2:05:03 Rotterdam 2012
Dennis Kimetto (KEN) 29, PB 2:04:16 (debut) Berlin 2012
Ayele Abshero (ETH) 23, PB 2:04:23 (debut) Dubai 2012
Emmanuel Mutai (KEN) 29, PB 2:04:40 London 2011
Tilahun Regassa (ETH) 23, PB 2:05:27 (debut) Chicago 2012
Zersenay Tadese (ERI) 31, [Half Marathon WR holder] PB 2:10:41 London 2012
Atsedu Tsegaye (ETH) 22, (debut) PB Half Marathon 58:47 Prague 2012



Photo credit :zimbio

Women
Atsede Baysa (ETH) 26, PB 2:22:03 Chicago 2012 - Defending champion
Rita Jeptoo (KEN) 32, PB 2:22:04 Chicago 2012 
Jemima Sumgong (KEN) 29, PB 2:23:27 Rotterdam 2013
Maria Konovalova (RUS) 39, 2:23:50 Chicago 2010
Yukiko Akaba (JPN) 34, PB 2:24:09 London 2011
 Ehitu Kiros Reda (ETH) 25,  PB 2:23:38 Dubai 2013
Abebech Afework (ETH) 23, PB 2:23:59 Rotterdam 2013


Chicago Marathon
An IAAF Gold Label Road Race and a WMM race
Capacity : 45,000
Course Records:
Men ----- 2:04:38 Tsegaye Kebede (ETH) 2012
Women - 2:17:18 Paula Radcliffe (GBR) 2002

2012 Top three 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
1) 2:22:03 (PB) - Atsede Baysa (ETH)
2) 2:22:04 (PB) - Rita Jeptoo (KEN)
3) 2:22:41 - Lucy Kabuu (KEN)


Ref. Chicago Marathon

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