{"id":232533,"date":"2026-10-12T12:49:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T12:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/?p=232533"},"modified":"2026-10-12T12:52:49","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T12:52:49","slug":"hawi-feysa-wins-the-womens-race-at-the-2026-chicago-marathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/en\/hawi-feysa-wins-the-womens-race-at-the-2026-chicago-marathon\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawi Feysa Wins the Women\u2019s Race at the 2026 Chicago Marathon"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hawi Feysa Wins the Women\u2019s Race at the 2026 Chicago Marathon<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The women\u2019s race at the 2026 Chicago Marathon unfolded as a long, tactical battle between Hawi Feysa and Sharon Lokedi. Both athletes ran side by side for much of the race, holding a pace that projected finishing times near 2:12 and creating a clear gap over the rest of the field. The decisive moment came late, when Feysa launched a strong surge that immediately dropped Lokedi from contention.<\/p>\n

Feysa claimed victory in 2:13:33, a performance that moves her to fourth on the all\u2011time women\u2019s marathon list. Lokedi finished second in 2:14:07, placing her eighth in history. Brigid Jepchirchir Kosgei secured third place with 2:14:55 \u2014 seven years after her historic Chicago win, where she set a world record of 2:14:04.<\/p>\n

The key break occurred at the 25\u2011mile mark. Feysa delivered a decisive acceleration that Lokedi could not match. Over less than two kilometers, the Ethiopian athlete built a 34\u2011second lead, turning a close contest into a controlled run to the finish.<\/p>\n

The race also produced major results among American and Oceanian athletes. Emma Grace Hurley recorded the fastest marathon debut in North American history, finishing seventh in an impressive 2:20:47. Just ahead of her, Isobel Batt\u2011Doyle placed sixth in 2:20:38, breaking the Australian and Oceania record. With five Kenyan runners and two Ethiopian athletes in the top ten, the 2026 edition delivered one of the strongest women\u2019s fields Chicago has ever seen.<\/p>\n

Top 10 \u2013 Chicago Marathon 2026 (Women)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Place<\/th>\nAthlete<\/th>\nCountry<\/th>\nTime<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
1<\/td>\nHawi Feysa<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf9 Ethiopia<\/td>\n2:13:33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nSharon Lokedi<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf0\ud83c\uddea Kenya<\/td>\n2:14:07<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nBrigid Jepchirchir Kosgei<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf0\ud83c\uddea Kenya<\/td>\n2:14:55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nMary Ngugi-Cooper<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf0\ud83c\uddea Kenya<\/td>\n2:17:23<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nJoan Jepkosgei Kilimo<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf0\ud83c\uddea Kenya<\/td>\n2:18:39<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nIsobel Batt-Doyle<\/td>\n\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa Australia<\/td>\n2:20:38<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nEmma Grace Hurley<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 USA<\/td>\n2:20:47<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nDegitu Azimeraw Asires<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf9 Ethiopia<\/td>\n2:20:59<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nMagdalyn Masai<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf0\ud83c\uddea Kenya<\/td>\n2:21:11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nLoice Chemnung<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf0\ud83c\uddea Kenya<\/td>\n2:21:18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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Hawi Feysa won the women\u2019s race at the 2026 Chicago Marathon with an outstanding 2:13:33, moving up to fourth on the all\u2011time women\u2019s marathon list. Sharon Lokedi finished second in 2:14:07, while Brigid Kosgei placed third with 2:14:55. The race also delivered an Oceania record from Isobel Batt\u2011Doyle and the fastest marathon debut in North American history by Emma Grace Hurley. Chicago once again confirmed its status as one of the strongest marathons in the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":232544,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-232533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chicago-marathon-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232533"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232533\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":232539,"href":"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232533\/revisions\/232539"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}