Elite Athletes: Chicago Marathon 2014
The 2014 Bank of America Chicago Marathon, an IAAF gold label road race, will take place on Sunday, October 12. The men's field will lead world record holder in 5000m and 10000m Kenenisa Bekele, who will face three sub 2:05 marathoners; Eliud Kipchoge (2:04:05), Tadese Tola (2:04:49) and Bernard Koech (2:04:53). Bekele in his debut marathon race in Paris on April 6 set a course record of 2:05:04. The Ethiopian said that his main goal in this Sunday's Chicago marathon is to break the coarse record of 2:03.45 set by world marathon record holder Dennis Kimetto a year ago.
Defending Chicago marathon champion Rita Jeptoo (PR 2:18:57) will lead the women's field. Also Florence Kiplagat (PR 2:19:44) and Ethiopia's Mare Dibaba (PR 2:04:53) who will be among contenders for the win at the 2014 Chicago marathon.
Men Elite Field |
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| Name Eliud Kipchoge Tadese Tola Bernard Koech Kenenisa Bekele Sammy Kitwara Dickson Chumba Wesley Korir Koji Kobayashi Satoru Sasaki Ryosuke Fukuyama Rui Yonezawa Naoki Okamoto Bobby Curtis Patrick Rizzo Craig Leon Mike Morgan Luke Humphrey Christo Landry Miguel Almachi Tim Young Jameson Mora Gabe Proctor Bayron Piedra Matt Llano Brendan Gregg Jake Riley |
Country KEN ETH KEN ETH KEN KEN KEN JPN JPN JPN JPN JPN USA USA USA USA USA USA ECU USA USA USA ECU USA USA USA |
Personal best 2:04:05 2:04:49 2:04:53 2:05:04 2:05:16 2:05:42 2:06:13 2:08:51 2:09:47 2:10:59 2:11:59 2:12:31 2:13:24 2:13:42 2:13:52 2:14:22 2:14:39 2:14:44 2:15:02 2:15:14 2:15:44 2:16:17 Debut Debut Debut Debut |
Women Elite Field |
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| Name Rita Jeptoo Florence Kiplagat Mare Dibaba Birhane Dibaba Gelete Burka Amy Hastings Clara Santucci Melissa White Wendy Thomas Laura Portis Sarah Cummings Lauren Jimison Yuri Yoshizumi Devon Yanko Whitney Bevins-Lazzara Heidi Greenwood Sarah Crouch Lindsey Scherf Lisa Uhl |
Country KEN KEN ETH ETH ETH USA USA USA USA USA USA USA JPN USA USA USA USA USA USA |
Personal best 2:18:57 2:19:44 2:19:52 2:22:30 2:26:03 2:27:03 2:29:54 2:32:37 2:32:49 2:33:46 2:34:57 2:35:17 2:37:54 2:39:37 2:41:19 2:42:08 2:44:25 Debut Debut |
Men Elite – Wheelchair Competition |
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| Name Josh Cassidy Ernst Van Dyk Masazumi Soejima Heinz Frei Kurt Fearnley Josh George Krige Schabort |
Country CAN RSA JPN SUI AUS USA USA |
Personal Best 1:18:25 1:18:27 1:18:51 1:20:14 1:22:01 1:22:50 1:26:04 |
Women Elite– Wheelchair Competition |
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| Name Tatyana McFadden Amanda McGrory Manuela Schär Diane Roy |
Country USA USA SUI CAN |
Personal Best 1:35:06 1:36:39 1:38:07 1:40:09 |
