Kenya's Brigid Kosgei shatters women's marathon world record
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Runner Brigid Kosgei smashed the women's world record at the Chicago Marathon on Sunday. The 25-year-old Kenyan athlete completed the race in two hours, 14 minutes and four seconds, according to the Chicago Marathon's Twitter account.
Kosgei shattered the longstanding women's world record of two hours, fifteen minutes and 25 seconds set by legendary runner Paula Radcliffe in 2003 at the London Marathon.
"It was 17 years ago exactly today that I set the first world record here in Chicago," Radcliffe told The Associated Press. "That was a special day for me today and it's a very special day for Brigid today."
Kosgei, whose time would have been a men's world record in 1964, was beaten by only 22 runners in the men's race.
"I'm feeling good and I am happy because I was not expected to run like this," Kosgei said.
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