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Brigid Kosgei of Kenya, poses with her time after winning the
Women's Bank of America Chicago Marathon while setting a
world record of 2:14:04, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2019, in Chicago.
Associated Press
Kenya's Brigid Kosgei

sets world marathon Gold medalist Simone Biles of the United States listens to the national anthem during the

record in Chicago award ceremony for the floor exercise in the women’s apparatus finals at the Gymnastics
World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2019.
Associated Press
CHICAGO (AP) — Brigid year's London Marathon Simone Biles
Kosgei of Kenya won the in 2:18:20, set a fast early
Chicago Marathon on Sun- pace but slowed a bit after
day in 2 hours, 14 minutes, 4 the halfway mark. She was Continued from Page 18 thought it was going to two-time world champion
seconds to break the world waving to the crowd as be at least a 14.8, 14.9, Nina Derwael of Belgium
record in the event. she approached the finish "I'm second in the world but to see 15, I was like, is the strongest contend-
The 25-year-old Kosgei line, nearly seven minutes after Simone Biles, and 'Well, that's pretty crazy,' er to stop a gold-medal
bested the previous mark ahead of runners following she's obviously so amaz- so I was very proud," she sweep by Biles and the
of 2:15:25 set by Paula Rad- her. ing. And to be second is said. U.S. women's team at the
cliffe in London 16 years Ababel Yeshaneh and Ge- super crazy," the 16-year- China took silver and Olympics.
ago. Kosgei won in Chica- lete Burka, both of Ethio- old U.S. gymnast Sunisa bronze with Liu Tingting Biles hasn't confirmed
go last year in 2:18:35. pia, finished second and Lee said after taking silver on 14.433 and Li Shijia on whether she'll continue to
"I'm feeling good and I am third. Yeshaneh's time was behind Biles in Sunday's 14.3, respectively. compete after next year's
happy because I was not 2:20:51 and Burka's was floor exercise. "I don't Biles won the floor exer- Olympics, so this week
expected to run like this," 2:20:55 know how she's been do- cise by a full point, scoring may have been her last
Kosgei said. Lawrence Cherono sprint- ing this for so long." 15.133 despite a step out at the world champion-
Kosgei's run came little ed across the finish in the Biles' 24th medal came of bounds on one pass, ships. Blowing kisses to the
more than 24 hours after men's race to beat Dejene on the beam, breaking a and blew kisses to the crowd wasn't meant as a
fellow Kenyan Eliud Kip- Debela by one second. The tie for 23 with Belarusian audience after finishing goodbye to the competi-
choge became the first Kenyan Cherono finished gymnast Vitaly Scherbo. her routine. Her U.S. team- tion, she said.
man to run 26.2 miles in in 2:05:45, with Ethiopia's Biles scored 15.066 after a mate Lee won silver, her "It's just a good floor rou-
less than two hours, clock- Debela two strides behind. near-flawless routine, opt- third medal of the cham- tine, farewell to just the
ing 1:59:41 in Vienna. Unlike Asefa Mengstu, also of Ke- ing for a simpler dismount pionships, while Angelina end of this world cham-
Kipchoge's performance, nya, came in third three than the double-double Melnikova took bronze pionship chapter here in
however, Kosgei's mark seconds behind Cherono." she performed earlier in for Russia. Biles' winning Stuttgart," she said.
was set in an official race All of a sudden when we the championships. routine came after a Of her 25 career world
on a record-eligible course. reach 41 kilometer, the That dismount is a sore long wait when Brazilian medals, 19 are gold,
Radcliffe first set a world (other runners) were not point for Biles, who intro- gymnast Flavia Saraiva against 12 of 23 for Scher-
record at Chicago in 2002 going again," Cherono duced the double-dou- requested an inquiry into bo. Earlier, Russia's Nikita
before besting her own said. "I decided to kick and ble to competition this her score, during which Nagornyy won the men's
mark a year later in Lon- felt I was still having enough season and had the skill time Biles sat on the edge vault for his third gold
don. energy to sprint. I tried my officially named after her of the floor. medal of the champion-
"It was 17 years ago ex- luck and it worked." at the worlds — there are Her earlier gold medals ships. He's the first Europe-
actly today that I set the Cherono won the Boston four Biles skills now. She came in the team event an man to win the vault
first world record here in Marathon in April in 2:07:57. feels the International Tuesday, the individual since 2010.
Chicago," said Radcliffe, Sunday's win marked his Gymnastics Federation all-around Thursday and Nagornyy scored an av-
who attended Sundays' eighth career marathon didn't reward it with a high the vault Saturday. erage 14.966 from his two
race. "That was a special victory. enough difficulty rating. A fifth place on uneven vaults, beating his friend
day for me today and it's a Defending champion Mo "It's not worth the one- bars Saturday ended and Russian teammate
very special day for Brigid Farah, who set a European tenth (extra difficulty Biles' chances of winning Artur Dalaloyan into sec-
today." record here last year, fin- point). I'm sorry, it's just a medal in all six events, ond place. The bronze
Kosgei, who also won this ished in ninth in 2:09:58.q not," she said. which she did last year went to Ukraine's Igor
When her score was an- in her comeback world Radivilov.
nounced, guaranteeing championships after a The 38-year-old Roma-
the medal record, Biles sabbatical in 2017. nian Marian Dragulescu,
leaped up from her seat The uneven bars are his- a four-time world cham-
with a broad smile and torically Biles' weakest pion, secured qualifica-
punched the air. event, though she still won tion for his fifth Olympics
linda.reijnders@cspnv.com "I was really excited. I a world silver in 2018, and by placing fourth. q