SHE CAME INTO THE WC as the favorite, but defending champ Ruth Chepngetich stepped off the Eugene course before the halfway point with stomach issues…
SOME 3 MONTHS LATER she was back with vengeance on the streets of Chicago, ripping off history’s No. 2 time, 2:14:18, just 14 seconds off Brigid Kosgei’s WR. That combined with her season opener of 2:17:18 to win Nagoya was enough for No. 1…
THE KENYAN STAR thus became only the second ever to break 2:18 twice in one year. Just a week earlier, Yalemzerf Yehualaw had become the first, following up her 2:17:23 Hamburg triumph with a 2:17:26 win in London to sew up the No. 2 rating.
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| 1. RUTH CHEPNGETICH (Kenya) (8/8/94, 5-5/106) (1.65/48) | |||||
| 2:17:18 | … | 1)Nagoya | 3/13 | ||
| dnf | … | )World Ch | 7/18 | ▷ | 1. Gebreselassie; 2. Korir; 3. Salpeter; 4. Weldu; 5. Hall; 6. Tanui; 7. Bates; 8. D’Amato; 9. Matsuda; 10. Moscote… |
| 2:14:18 | … | 1)Chicago | 10/09 | ||
| 2. YALEMZERF YEHUALAW (Ethiopia) (8/3/99) | |||||
| 2:17:23 | … | 1)Hamburg | 4/24 | ||
| 2:17:26 | … | 1)London | 10/02 | ||
| 3. AMANE BERISO (Ethiopia) (10/13/91) | |||||
| 2:25:05(A) | … | 1)Mexico City | 8/28 | ||
| 2:14:58 | … | 1)Valencia | 12/04 | ||
| 4. GOYTATOM GEBRESELASSIE (Ethiopia) (1/15/95, 4-11¾/93) (1.52/42) | |||||
| 2:18:18 | … | 3)Tokyo | 3/06 | ▷ | 1. Kosgei; 2. Bekere |
| 2:18:11 | … | 1)World Ch | 7/18 | ||
| 2:23:39 | … | 3)New York | 11/06 | ▷ | 1. Lokedi; 2. Salpeter |
| 5. JUDITH KORIR (Kenya) (12/12/95) | |||||
| 2:19:48 | … | 1)Paris | 4/03 | ||
| 2:18:20 | … | 2)World Ch | 7/18 | ▷ | 1. Gebreselassie |
| 2:18:43 | … | 4)London | 10/02 | ▷ | 1. Yehualaw; 2. Jepkosgei; 3. Megertu |
| 6. BRIGID KOSGEI (Kenya) (2/20/94, 5-7/110) (1.70/50) | |||||
| 2:16:02 | … | 1)Tokyo | 3/06 | ||
| 7. TIGIST ASSEFA (Ethiopia) (3/28/94, 5-6/117) (1.68/53) | |||||
| 2:34:01 | … | 7)Riyadh | 3/05 | ▷ | 1. Teshome; 2. Edesa 3. Mekasha; 4. Armino; 5. Alemu; 6. Kitur |
| 2:15:37 | … | 1)Berlin | 9/25 | ||
| 8. LONAH CHEMTAI SALPETER (Israel) (12/12/88, 5-5/115) (1.65/52) | |||||
| 2:18:45 | … | 2)Nagoya | 3/13 | ▷ | 1. Chepngetich |
| 2:20:18 | … | 3)World Ch | 7/18 | ▷ | 1. Gebreselassie; 2. Korir |
| 2:23:30 | … | 2)New York | 11/06 | ▷ | 1. Lokedi |
| 9. ALMAZ AYANA (Ethiopia) (11/21/91, 5-5/110) (1.65/50) | |||||
| 2:17:20 | … | 1)Amsterdam | 10/16 | ||
| 10. ALEMU MEGERTU (Ethiopia) (10/12/97) | |||||
| 2:18:51 | … | 1)Seville | 2/20 | ||
| 2:18:32 | … | 3)London | 10/02 | ▷ | 1. Yehualaw; 2. Jepkosgei |
| U.S. RANKINGS | ||||
| 1. | Emily Sisson (New Balance) | 6. | Nell Rojas (Nike) | |
| 2)Chicago, 2:18:29 AR | 10)Boston, 10)New York | |||
| 2. | Sara Hall (Asics) | 7. | Lindsay Flanagan (Asics) | |
| 8)Tokyo, 5)World Ch | 10)Paris, 1)G Coast, 11)NYC | |||
| 3. | Emma Bates (Asics) | 8. | Susanna Sullivan (TCS) | |
| 7)World Ch, 8, New York | 3)Grandma’s, 6)Chicago | |||
| 4. | Keira D’Amato (Nike) | 9. | Dakotah Lindwurm (Puma) | |
| 1)Hous, 8)WC, 6)Berlin, 15)NYC | 14)Boston, 1)Grandma’s, dnf)NYC | |||
| 5. | Aliphine Tuliamuk (HokaNAzE) | 10. | Sara Sellers (unattached) | |
| 7)New York | 2)Grandma’s | |||