Chicago marathon win for Ivuti in photo-finish

KENYA’S Patrick Ivuti edged Morocco’s Jaouad Gharib in a photo-finish yesterday to win a Chicago Marathon run in blast furnace conditions.

Chicago marathon win for Ivuti in photo-finish

Ivuti’s sedate winning time of two hours 11min 11sec, almost seven minutes outside last Sunday’s world record set by Haile Gebreselassie in Berlin, was blamed on the 25 degree heat and 86% humidity.

Ivuti was able to celebrate the victory after awaiting a photo that determined the winner.

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