This Day, That Year – October 13

This day in history we feature Brigid Kosgei. She sets a new world record for a woman runner at the Chicago Marathon, on this day in 2019.

Trivia – Brigid Kosgei

Brigid Jepchirchir Kosgei (born 20 February 1994) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specialises in the marathon. She won the 2018 and 2019 Chicago Marathons, the 2019 and 2020 London Marathons and the 2021 Tokyo Marathon. She won the 2019 Chicago Marathon world record time of 2:14:04, an improvement of her personal best by more than 4 minutes. She beat the previous world record by 81 seconds, and was over six minutes ahead of second place Ababel Yeshaneh. Kosgei wore specially adapted Nike shoes, which have been alleged to have given her a 60–90 second advantage. Later in the year, she won the 15 km Saint Silvester Road Race in a time of 48:54. She won the silver medal in the marathon event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Kosgei won the 2019 London Marathon, becoming the youngest woman to win the event.

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In February 2020, 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. 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. 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. Before its postponement, 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. In February 2021, Kosgei was confirmed in the Kenyan marathon team for the rescheduled 2020 Summer Olympics, alongside Cheruiyot, Chepng’etich and Peres Jepchirchir. It was Kosgei’s first appearance at the Olympics. She finished second behind Jepchirchir. Later in the year, she came fourth at the 2021 London Marathon. In March 2022, Kosgei won the delayed 2021 Tokyo Marathon in a time of 2:16:20, the third fastest ever time.

Source – Wikipedia

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