*Kiptum crossed the finish line at the Chicago Marathon with an unofficial time of 2 hours and 35 seconds. If confirmed, Kiptum will have beaten two-time Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge's record, set at the 2022 Berlin Marathon, by 34 seconds. *
Everything points towards it imo. Kiptum is only 23 and it wasnt planned as a sub 2 run with good pacers and all. And it didnt seem like a crazy fluke either.
If it weren't for the Olympic games in Paris I might have said that it would be likely to even happen next year. But with them being in July/August there might not be the right timing for a good attempt.
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9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 2y
The whole story is wild...
Dude did not plan on taking the record. He just felt really good in the last 10k and said, "fuck it. Let's try for under 2 hrs" (not his actual words)
Ends up taking the record and had enough energy to jump around and celebrate after the line
This was only his 3rd marathon
Wtf....
HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y
Dude's only 23; will probably be the first guy to get an official sub-2er
_IF_@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
marvinfreeman@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
Obviously, I need to change my name to Kip Something!
Pretty cool.
CylonBunny@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
Pretty sure in Kenya “Kip” translates to something like “son of”. So Kipchogi is “son of Chogi” and Kiptum is “son of Tum”.
lauha@lemmy.one · 1 pts · 2y
No wonder they gave me a nickname kipabitch
python@programming.dev · 3 pts · 2y
Hell yeah, finally! Kiptum has been on the radar for that WR for a while now, glad he finally did it! :D
LastYearsPumpkin@feddit.ch · 2 pts · 2y
Within spitting distance of 2 hours. Would be interesting to see if it's broken in the next couple of years.
golli@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y
Everything points towards it imo. Kiptum is only 23 and it wasnt planned as a sub 2 run with good pacers and all. And it didnt seem like a crazy fluke either.
If it weren't for the Olympic games in Paris I might have said that it would be likely to even happen next year. But with them being in July/August there might not be the right timing for a good attempt.
xc2215x@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Good for Kiptum. What a time.