Kipchoge wins Chicago marathon in Kenyan sweep — reuters.com

(Reuters) - A smiling Eliud Kipchoge broke away from a pack of three in the closing three kilometers to lead a Kenyan clean sweep in the Chicago Marathon on Sunday. Defending champion Rita Jeptoo won the women's race to continue Kenya's dominant day. In ideal conditions, Kipchoge, a former world 5,000 meters track champion, clocked two hours four minutes and 11 seconds to claim his third marathon title in only four races at the distance. He narrowly missed his personal best of 2:04:05.

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