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Amos Kipruto upsets Jacob Kiplimo to win Chicago Marathon
Kenya’s Amos Kipruto won the 2026 Chicago Marathon, beating defending champion Jacob Kiplimo of Uganda.
Kipruto finished in about 2:01, setting a personal best after placing second to Kiplimo in 2025.
Kiplimo led much of the race, but Kipruto stayed with him and took the lead in the closing stages.
Kiplimo lost pace near 40 kilometres and finished fourth in 2:04:18.
Ethiopia’s Hawi Feysa also defended her title, winning the women’s race in 2:13:33 after pulling away from Kenya’s Sharon Lokedi.
The race had drawn attention because Kiplimo was seen as a contender to challenge the two-hour mark, but neither he nor Kipruto broke it.
Feysa and Kipruto’s winning times were personal bests, and no further plans were reported.
Kenya’s Amos Kipruto won the 2026 Bank of America Chicago Marathon, upsetting defending champion Jacob Kiplimo of Uganda.
Kipruto’s winning time was reported as 2:01:08, while another passage in the article gave it as 2:01:09.
Kiplimo, who led much of the race, fell to fourth in 2:04:18 after struggling near 40 kilometres.
Ethiopia’s Hawi Feysa defended her women’s title in 2:13:33.
- Who
- Amos Kipruto of Kenya won the men’s race. Hawi Feysa of Ethiopia won the women’s race.
- What
- Kipruto upset defending champion Jacob Kiplimo to win the Chicago Marathon.
- When
- October 11, 2026.
- Where
- Chicago, United States.
- Why
- Kipruto surged ahead after Kiplimo struggled near 40 kilometres.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
After third in 2024 and second in 2025, it was either win or die this year.
Kipruto finished third in the Chicago Marathon.
Kiplimo won the Chicago Marathon, with Kipruto finishing second.
Kipruto won the Chicago Marathon as Kiplimo finished fourth.
- Men’s winner
- Amos Kipruto, Kenya
- Men’s winning time
- 2:01:08, reported elsewhere in the article as 2:01:09
- Men’s runner-up
- Tadese Bikila, Ethiopia, 2:02:56
- Men’s fourth place
- Jacob Kiplimo, Uganda, 2:04:18
- Women’s winner
- Hawi Feysa, Ethiopia, 2:13:33
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