Kiplimo leads prime Males’s Entries for 2026 Chicago Marathon

David GOMBE

Uganda’s Jacob Kiplimo will headline the lads’s elite subject on the 2026 Chicago Marathon because the quickest entry on paper.

Kiplimo, who will probably be hoping to retain his Chicago Marathon title on Sunday, eleventh October 2026, leads the sphere with a private finest of two:00:28 recorded on the London Marathon earlier this yr.

The Ugandan heads a star-studded line-up that features Kenya’s Amos Kipruto, who ran 2:01:39 in London and appears a serious menace for Kiplimo, alongside Ethiopia’s Milkesa Mengesha (2:03:17), Tadese Takele (2:03:23) and Kenya’s Daniel Mateiko (2:03:44).

Different notable entries within the males’s race embrace American star Charles Hicks (2:04:35), Japan’s Suguru Osako (2:04:55), Morocco’s M. Reda El Aaraby (2:05:18), Eritrea’s Yemane Haileselassie (2:06:06), American legend Galen Rupp (2:06:07), and Germany’s Hendrik Pfeiffer (2:06:34).

Kiplimo now returns to Chicago as the person to beat for this yr’s version.

Within the girls’s race, the sphere is equally stacked. Defending champion Hawi Feysa returns to defend her crown and will probably be challenged by two-time Chicago winner Brigid Kosgei, whose 2:14:04 stays the quickest listed private finest within the subject.

Former New York champion Sharon Lokedi affords one other compelling problem, alongside Ethiopia’s Sutume Kebede (2:15:55), Megertu Alemu (2:16:34) and Kenya’s Brillian Kipkoech (2:17:05).