Hawi Feysa retains her Chicago Marathon title and Amos Kipruto wins the men's race in 2:01:09

11 October 2026

Ethiopia's Hawi Feysa retained her Chicago Marathon title in 2:13:33 on Sunday, 11 October 2026, and Kenya's Amos Kipruto won the men's race in 2:01:09. Feysa beat two-time Boston Marathon champion Sharon Lokedi, who finished in 2:14:07, with former world record-holder Brigid Kosgei third in 2:14:55. World Athletics said it was the first marathon in history in which three women finished inside 2:15. Kipruto's 30-second personal best moved him to equal fifth on the world all-time list alongside Eliud Kipchoge. Ethiopia's Tadese Bikila was second in 2:02:56, while pre-race favourite Jacob Kiplimo of Uganda slipped to fourth. Chicago is a World Athletics Platinum Label road race.