Defending champions headline Chicago Marathon field

The 48th Chicago Marathon is scheduled for Sunday, October 11, with defending champions Jacob Kiplimo and Hawi Feysa returning to lead the men’s and women’s elite fields. The race has not yet taken place, and no results or records have been reported in the available information. The men’s and women’s races, along with Wave 1, are scheduled to start at 8:30 a.m. ET. The wheelchair men’s race is listed for 8:20 a.m., the wheelchair women’s race for 8:21 a.m., and the handcycle start for 8:23 a.m. The course starts and finishes in Grant Park and covers 26.2 miles. Kiplimo, the Ugandan runner who won in Chicago last year, is among the leading contenders. He ran 2:00:28 in the London Marathon in April, finishing third. A report on his interview said he had been ill with flu for nearly two weeks before London and struggled to keep food down. Kiplimo told the interviewer that his first goal in Chicago was to defend his title, rather than prioritize a fast time. A sub-two-hour performance and a possible world record have been raised as possibilities, not established outcomes. Kiplimo’s reported personal best is 2:00:28; the men’s world record cited in the race coverage is 1:59:30.