Brigid Kosgei
Brigid Jepchirchir Kosgei (born 20 February 1994)[2] is a Kenyan marathon runner who won the 2018 and 2019 Chicago Marathons and the 2019 and 2020 London Marathons. She is the current marathon world record holder for women running in a mixed-sex race, with a time of 2:14:04 achieved on 13 October 2019 at the Chicago Marathon.[3] This beat the previous world record set 16 years ago by 1 minute 24 seconds, and the women's Chicago Marathon record by 3 minutes and 14 seconds.
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Born | Sinon, Kapsowar, Kenya | 20 February 1994||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Marathon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Eric Kimaiyo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | Marathon 2:14:04 WR (2019) Half Marathon 1:04:49 (2020)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Personal life
Kosgei grew up in Elgeyo-Marakwet County, Kenya, and had six siblings.[4] Aged 17, she began running training with her boyfriend and now husband Matthew Kosgei.[4]
Career
Kosgei finished in the top two in eight of the first nine marathons that she ran.[5] She came second at the 2016 Lisbon Marathon behind Sarah Chepchirchir, in a personal best time of 2:24:45. Her time was faster than the previous course record.[6][7] In 2017, Kosgei won the Bogotá Half Marathon, and came third at the Copenhagen Half Marathon.[8] She came second in the 2017 Chicago Marathon in a personal best time of 2:20:22.[5][9] Her time was the sixth-fastest ever time at the Chicago Marathon.[8] Weeks later, she won the Honolulu Marathon, beating the course record by over five minutes.[5] In 2018, Kosgei came second in the London Marathon behind Vivian Cheruiyot.[5][9] After injuring herself during the Bogotá Marathon, Kosgei decided to run the Great North Run, in order to practice ahead of the 2018 Chicago Marathon. She finished the event second, behind Cheruiyot.[5][10] Kosgei later won the Chicago Marathon, after breaking away from a group of two other Kenyans and three Ethiopians after 30–35 kilometres (19–22 mi) of the race. She set a personal best time of 2:18:35.[5][9][11] During 2018, Kosgei also won a cross country event in Eldoret, Kenya,[12] and the Kalya Half Marathon in Kapenguria, Kenya.[13][14]
Kosgei won the 2019 London Marathon, becoming the youngest woman to win the event.[15] This was the third-best time in London after Paula Radcliffe in 2005 with 2:17:42 and Mary Keitany 2017 with the world record 2:17:01. At the 2019 Great North Run, Kosgei won in a course-record time of 1:04.28, 23 seconds faster than the previous half marathon world record set by Joyciline Jepkosgei.[16]
She won the 2019 Chicago Marathon on 13 October 2019 in a world record time of 2:14:04, an improvement of her personal best by more than 4 minutes.[17] She beat the previous world record by 81 seconds,[18] and was over six minutes ahead of second place Ababel Yeshaneh.[3] Kosgei wore specially adapted Nike shoes, which have been alleged to have given her a 60–90 second advantage.[19][20]
In January 2020, Kosgei was chosen to lead the Kenyan women's marathon squad for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. The other athletes chosen in the squad were Cheruiyot and Ruth Chepng'etich,[21][22] and it is scheduled to be Kosgei's first appearance at the Olympics.[21] In February, Kosgei finished second to Yeshaneh at the Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon. Kosgei's time of 1:04:49 was two seconds better than the previous world record.[23][24] Kosgei and Yeshaneh's time of 30:18 after 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) of the race was only one second slower than the best time set in a track 10,000m event in 2019.[24] Later in the year, Kosgei won the rescheduled 2020 London Marathon by over three minutes. Kosgei broke away from the pack 18 miles (29 km) into the race, and stayed ahead for the rest of the race. She finished in a time of 2:18.58.[25]
Marathon competition record
Competition | Rank | Time | Location | Date |
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2015 Porto Marathon | 1st | 2:47:59 | Porto | 8 November 2015 |
2016 Milano City Marathon | 1st | 2:27:45 | Milan | 3 April 2016 |
2016 Lisbon Marathon | 2nd | 2:24:45 | Lisbon | 2 October 2016 |
2016 Honolulu Marathon | 1st | 2:31:11 | Honolulu | 11 Dezember 2016 |
2017 Boston Marathon | 8th | 2:31:48 | Boston | 17 April 2017 |
2017 Chicago Marathon | 2nd | 2:20:22 | Chicago | 8 October 2017 |
2017 Honolulu Marathon | 1st | 2:22:15 | Honolulu | 10 December 2017 |
2018 London Marathon | 2nd | 2:20:13 | London | 22 April 2018 |
2018 Chicago Marathon | 1st | 2:18:35 | Chicago | 7 October 2018 |
2019 London Marathon | 1st | 2:18:20 | London | 28 April 2019 |
2019 Chicago Marathon | 1st | 2:14:04 | Chicago | 13 October 2019 |
2020 London Marathon | 1st | 2:18:58 | London | 4 October 2020 |
Source:[2]
References
- "Great North Run: Mo Farah wins record sixth straight title". BBC Sport. BBC News. 8 September 2019. Archived from the original on 14 October 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- "Brigid Kosgei: Profile". IAAF. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- Futterman, Matthew (13 October 2019). "Kenya's Brigid Kosgei Breaks Marathon World Record". The New York Times. p. D6. ISSN 0362-4331.
- Karoney, Celestone (20 October 2019). "Kenya's Brigid Kosgei: School dropout, mother of twins and world record-holder". BBC News. Archived from the original on 26 January 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- "Kenya's Brigid Kosgei wins Chicago Marathon". Daily Nation. 7 October 2018. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- "Chepchirchir breaks marathon course record in Lisbon". IAAF. 2 October 2016. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- Musso, Marisso (2 October 2017). "2017 Chicago Marathon Elite Runner: Brigid Kosgei". WMAQ-TV. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- "Brigid Kosgei Wins 2018 Bank of America Chicago Marathon Women's Race". WMAQ-TV. 7 October 2018. Archived from the original on 13 October 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- "Mo Farah claims first marathon win in Chicago". BBC Sport. 7 October 2018. Archived from the original on 9 April 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- "Mo Farah wins record fifth Great North Run but misses out on personal best". The Guardian. 9 September 2018. Archived from the original on 14 October 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- Strout, Erin (7 October 2018). "Big Move Pays Off for 2018 Chicago Marathon Champion Brigid Kosgei". Runner's World. Archived from the original on 18 July 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- Rotich, Bernard (28 January 2018). "Fast-rising Kosgei, Kipchirchir claim Discover cross-country titles". Daily Nation. Archived from the original on 14 October 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- "Brigid Kosgei wins Kalya Half Marathon". Daily Nation. 8 December 2018. Archived from the original on 14 October 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- Fetha, Buckley (10 December 2018). "Brigid Kosgei crowned Kalya Half Marathon Champion". Kenya Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 14 October 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- "London Marathon: Eliud Kipchoge and Brigid Kosgei win men and women's elite races". The Guardian. 28 April 2019. Archived from the original on 2 October 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- "Great North Run: Mo Farah wins record sixth straight title". bbc.co.uk. 8 September 2019. Archived from the original on 14 October 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- "Leichtathletik – Chicago-Marathon: Brigid Kosgei stellt Weltrekord auf". www.ran.de (in German). 13 October 2019. Archived from the original on 13 October 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- "London Marathon 2020: Women's world record holder Brigid Kosgei to defend title". BBC Sport. 13 January 2020. Archived from the original on 26 January 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- Ingle, Sean (13 October 2019). "I can go quicker, says Brigid Kosgei after smashing Paula Radcliffe's world record". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 1 March 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- Lawton, Matt (15 January 2020). "Nike's record-breaking running shoe to be banned". The Sunday Times. Archived from the original on 25 January 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- "Eliud Kipchoge and Brigid Kosgei on Kenya's Olympic marathon team". Athletics Weekly. 31 January 2020. Archived from the original on 24 February 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
- Ayodi, Ayumbu (31 January 2020). "Kipchoge, Kosgei to lead Kenya's Olympic marathon team". Daily Nation. Archived from the original on 24 February 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
- "Ababel Yeshaneh wears Nike Vaporfly shoes to smash half-marathon record". BBC Sport. 21 February 2020. Archived from the original on 24 February 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
- Dutch, Taylor (21 February 2020). "Ababel Yeshaneh Breaks Half Marathon World Record in Ras Al Khaimah". Runners World. Archived from the original on 24 February 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
- "London Marathon 2020: Eliud Kipchoge beaten as Shura Kitata takes title". BBC Sport. 4 October 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
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