Drama in Chicago
Ivuti and Adere clinch Chicago dramatic Chicago victories in oppressive heat, by Jim Ferstle for the IAAF . On such a day each of the runners probably wished they only had to run the final 385 yards and not the 26 miles before that. Men's winner Patrick Ivuti of Kenya won a see-saw duel with two-time IAAF World Marathon champion Jaouad Gharib of Morocco by finding just enough to surge past Gharib at the tape in 2:11:11. Defending women's champion Berhane Adere of Ethiopia made up 30 seconds in the last two kilometres, most of it down final, strait to blow past a shocked Adriana Pirtea of Romania in the final 50 metres to win by three seconds in 2:33:49. RESULTS Men 1 Patrick Ivuti (KEN) 2:11:11 2 Jaouad Gharib (MAR) 2:11:11 (same as 1st) 3 Daniel Njenga (KEN)2:12:45 4 Robert K. Cheruiyot (KEN) 2:16:13 5 Ben Maiyo (KEN) 2:16:59 6 Christopher Cheboiboch (KEN) 2:17:17 7 Bong-ju Lee (KOR) 2:17:29 8 Michael Cox (USA) 2:21:42 Women 1 Berhane Adere (ETH) 2:33:49 2 Adriana P...