Ruth Chepngetich of Kenya set a world record in the women’s marathon on Sunday in Chicago, smashing the old record by almost two minutes. Chepngetich, 30, ran 26.2 miles in 2 hours, 9 minutes ...

Kenya's Ruth Chepngetich breaks the record for the fastest women's marathon to win the Chicago Marathon on Sunday.

Chepngetich has considerable history in the marathon, winning the world title in Qatar in 2019 and coming within 14 seconds of success in a previous world record attempt.

Kenyan distance runner Ruth Chepngetich completed the Chicago Marathon in 2:09:56 on Sunday, smashing the women’s full marathon world record.

Women's world record holder Ruth Chepngetich, of Kenya, is set to race in the London Marathon on 27 April.

The 30-year-old Kenyan became the first woman to break a marathon time of 2 hours 10 minutes, and cut almost 2 minutes off the previous women's record.

Ruth Chepngetich became the first woman to ever run a marathon in under two hours and 10 minutes, as she broke the world record in a time of 2:09:56 on her way to winning the Chicago Marathon on ...

Ruth Chepngetich smashed the world record by nearly two minutes at the Chicago Marathon on Sunday, winning in 2:09:56.

Ruth Chepngetich of Kenya won the Chicago Marathon in a stunning time of 2:09:56, a world record. She broke the previous record, 2:11:53, run by Tigist Assefa of Ethiopia at the Berlin Marathon in ...

Chepngetich, who also won in Chicago in 2021 and 2022, became the first woman to break 2 hours, 10 minutes in the marathon.

Kenyan runner Ruth Chepngetich smashed the women's marathon world record in the Chicago Marathon. She dedicated the surprise run to a late compatriot who set the men's record last year.