Rupp, Dibaba claim Chicago Marathon victories

ByReuters

Published 08/10/2017 at 15:17 GMT

Oct 8 (Reuters) - Galen Rupp became the first American to win the Chicago Marathon in 15 years and Ethiopian Tirunesh Dibaba ran away with the women's race on Sunday.

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Olympic bronze medallist Rupp used his track speed to break open the men's race in the last 10 km to finish in two hours, nine minutes and 20 seconds.

Defending champion Abel Kirui of Kenya was second in 2:09:48 with countryman Bernard Kipyego third in 2:10:23.

Dibaba, a world record holder on the track, won her first marathon in 2:18.31.

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