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The 2024 Bank of America Chicago Marathon is less than one month away, with runners from across the globe preparing to compete in one of the world’s biggest races on Oct. 13.
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2024 Bank of America Chicago Marathon Elite Athlete: Ashete Bekere
Ashete Bekere has never won a marathon in the United States but hopes to check off that box at the 2024 Bank of America Chicago Marathon. Country: Ethiopia Standout Race: 2024 Rotterdam Marathon Bekere won her most recent marathon in April, taking the victory in the Rotterdam Marathon with a 2:19:30 finish. More Information: Bekere is looking to make Chicago…
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2024 Bank of America Chicago Marathon Elite Athlete: Degitu Azimeraw
Ethiopian marathoner Degitu Azimeraw will make her Bank of America Chicago Marathon debut in October fresh off a win at the Barcelona Marathon. Country: Ethiopia Standout Race: 2024 Barcelona Marathon In her most recent race, Azimeraw won the 2024 Barcelona Marathon, running a new personal best time of 2:19:52. More Information: Azimeraw made two memorable debuts in the half- and…
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2024 Bank of America Chicago Marathon Elite Athlete: Joyciline Jepkosgei
Joyciline Jepkosgei, the fourth-place finisher from the 2023 Bank of America Chicago Marathon, is returning for the event. Country: Kenya Standout Race: 2024 London Marathon Jepkosgei’s most recent race was the 2024 London Marathon, where she earned a new personal best time of 2:16:24. She finished third. More Information: A two-time Abbott World Marathon Majors Champion, the Ethiopian came into…
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2024 Bank of America Chicago Marathon Elite Athlete: Sutume Kebede
Ethiopian marathoner Sutume Kebede will return for the 2024 Bank of America Chicago Marathon after finishing 15th last year. Country: Ethiopia Standout Race: 2024 Tokyo Marathon In her most recent effort at the 2024 Tokyo Marathon, Kebede took the win in a finish of 2:15:55. More Information: A late entry to the Aramco Houston Half Marathon, Kebede won the race…
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2024 Bank of America Chicago Marathon Elite Athlete: Ruth Chepngetich
Ruth Chepngetich, the 2021 and 2022 Bank of American Chicago Marathon winner and runner-up in 2023, is returning to the course in 2024 to try and reclaim her title. Country: Kenya Standout Race: 2022 Chicago Marathon Chepngetich not only won the 2022 Chicago Marathon, but she ran the fourth-fastest women’s marathon time in history during that race, running 2:14:18. More…
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2024 Bank of America Chicago Marathon Elite Athlete: Daniel Ebenyo
Kenyan long-distance runner Daniel Ebenyo will make his long-awaited marathon debut at the 2024 Bank of America Chicago Marathon. Country: Kenya Standout Race: 2024 Berlin Half Marathon Ebenyo has yet to run a competitive marathon. But in his most recent race, he won the 2024 Berlin Half Marathon, running a scorching 59:30. More Information: Ebenyo, 29, is the reigning World…
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2024 Bank of America Chicago Marathon Elite Athlete: CJ Albertson
CJ Albertson, the American record holder in the 50-kilometer race, will make his Bank of America Chicago Marathon debut in October. Country: USA Standout Race: 2024 Boston Marathon Recently, Albertson ran his marathon personal best at the 2024 Boston Marathon. There, he ran 2:09:53 for a seventh-place finish in the race. More Information: Albertson tried to make the U.S. Olympic…
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2024 Bank of America Chicago Marathon Elite Athlete: Brian Shrader
The 12,000-meter American record holder, Brian Shrader, will return to the Bank of America Chicago Marathon this season after an 11th-place finish in 2023. Country: USA Standout Race: 2023 Chicago Marathon Shrader set his personal best marathon time at last year’s Chicago Marathon, running 2:09:46 for an 11th-place finish. More Information: Shrader nearly retired from competitive running following a nagging…
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2024 Bank of America Chicago Marathon Elite Athlete: Zach Panning
American marathoner Zach Panning will return to the 2024 Bank of America Chicago Marathon for the first time since 2022. Last time, he earned a spot on Team USA at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest. Country: USA Standout Race: 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Marathon Panning went for it at the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials for the marathon….
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2024 Bank of America Chicago Marathon Elite Athlete: Jorge Castelblanco
Two-time Olympic marathoner Jorge Castelblanco will aim for the front of the 2024 Bank of America Chicago Marathon in October. Country: Panama Standout Race: 2024 Seville Marathon Castelblanco ran his marathon personal best at the Seville Marathon last February. There, he finished 35th in the race with a 2:09:24. More Information: Castelblanco is arguably Panama’s best marathon runner in its…
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2024 Bank of America Chicago Marathon Elite Athlete: Yuichi Yasui
Japanese marathoner Yuichi Yasui will run his first 26.2-mile race in the United States with the upcoming 2024 Bank of America Chicago Marathon. It also marks his first Abbott World Marathon Major since 2019. Country: Japan Standout Race: 2023 Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon Yasui ran his personal best at the Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon in 2023, finishing ninth place with a PB…
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2024 Bank of America Chicago Marathon Elite Athlete: Tatsuya Maruyama
Japanese marathoner Tatsuya Maruyama will participate in just his second Abbott World Marathon Major at this year’s Bank of America Chicago Marathon and his second 26.2-mile race outside of Japan. Country: Japan Standout Race: 2024 Osaka Marathon Maruyama ran the runner-up to his personal best at the 2024 Osaka Marathon, finishing in 2:07:52 for a sixth-place finish. More Information: Maruyama…
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2024 Bank of America Chicago Marathon Elite Athlete: Jemal Yimer
The 2024 Seoul Marathon champion, Jemal Yimer, is returning to the Bank of America Chicago Marathon after not finishing the race in 2022. Country: Ethiopia Standout Race: 2024 Seoul Marathon The 2024 season has been strong for Yimer. He pulled out his first-ever marathon victory in Seoul this past March, running a personal-best 2:06:08. More Information: Yimer, 28, didn’t make…
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2024 Bank of America Chicago Marathon Elite Athlete: Huseydin Mohamed
Ethiopian Huseydin Mohamed will look to bounce back from his DNF (did not finish) result at last year’s Bank of America Chicago Marathon at this season’s race. Country: Ethiopia Standout Race: 2024 Boston Marathon Mohamed finished runner-up in this year’s 2024 Boston Marathon with a 2:06:58 finish. His most recent race before Boston was an eighth-place finish in the Valencia…
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2024 Bank of America Chicago Marathon Elite Athlete: John Korir
Kenya’s John Korir, the winner of the 2021 and 2022 Los Angeles Marathons, will make his third appearance at the Bank of America Chicago Marathon in October. Country: Kenya Standout Race: 2022 Chicago Marathon The 2022 Chicago Marathon represents Korir’s first appearance in this race. In the 2022 version, he ran his personal best marathon time of 2:05:01, finishing third…
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2024 Bank of America Chicago Marathon Elite Athlete: Amdework Walelegn
The back-to-back winner of the 2022 and 2023 Seoul Marathons, Amdework Walelegn, will make his Abbott World Marathon Major debut with the 2024 Bank of America Chicago Marathon. Country: Ethiopia Standout Race: 2024 Rotterdam Marathon After winning consecutive Seoul Marathon wins from 2022 and 2023, Walelgn followed his victories up with a personal-best race in the 2024 Rotterdam Marathon, running…
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2024 Bank of America Chicago Marathon Elite Athlete: Dawit Wolde
Two-time Olympic Dawit Wolde will compete in his second Bank of America Chicago Marathon this October. Country: Ethiopia Standout Race: 2023 Valencia Marathon Wolde raced a tough 2023 Chicago Marathon, finishing 17th place with a 2:11:33 finish. However, he bounced back quickly with a third-place finish at the 2023 Valencia Marathon, just under two months after his disappointing Chicago Marathon…
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2024 Bank of America Chicago Marathon Elite Athlete: Vincent Ngetich
Kenya’s Vincent Ngetich will compete in his third marathon ever at the 2024 Bank of America Chicago Marathon on Oct. 13. Country: Kenya Standout Race: 2024 Tokyo Marathon Ngetich took third place in the 2024 Tokyo Marathon, running 2:04:18. In his first marathon ever during the 2023 Berlin race, he took second only to Eliud Kipchoge, running a blistering 2:03:13…
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2024 Bank of America Chicago Marathon Elite Athlete: Amos Kipruto
Olympian marathoner Amos Kipruto will partake in his first 2024 Bank of America Chicago Marathon, which he plans to run in honor of his fallen countryman Kelvin Kiptum, who died tragically after setting the marathon world record in 2023 at the Chicago race. Country: Ethiopia Standout Race: 2022 London Marathon Kipruto won the London Marathon in 2022 by running 2:04:39….