Women's world marathon champion Ruth Chepngetich delivered a dominant display to clinch the women's race at Chicago Marathon for her first World Marathon Majors win.
The Kenyan led from start to finish, timing 2:22:31 to finish first ahead of the American duo of Emma Bates (2:24:20) and Sarah Hall (2:27:19) in second and third respectively.
It was the perfect comeback for the Istanbul Half Marathon champion who was forced to drop out midway through the women's marathon at August's Tokyo Olympics — a race in which she had been tipped as one of the favourites.
In the men's race, 2018 Berlin Half Marathon champion Eric Kiptanui clocked 2:06:51 to finish third behind winner Seifu Tura (2:06:12) of Ethiopia and second-placed American Galen Rupp (2:06:35).
