Sport News : Kenya's Mosop wins Chicago Marathon, sets course record

Mosop, who lost the Boston Marathon by 4 seconds earlier this year, cruised over the last six miles and broke the course record set in 2009.

Wesley Korir of Kenya, who had broken out of the pack of elite runners with an acceleration that was quickly countered by Mosop, finished second. Bernard Kipyego of Kenya was third.

Mosop had the second fastest marathon in history in Boston at 2:03:06, just behind Geoffrey Mutai of Kenya who set the marathon record at 2:03:02.

Because Boston is a point-to-point course and there was a strong tailwind, those times were not recognized as world records.

The current world record in the marathon is 2:03:38, set September 25 in Berlin by Kenya's Patrick Makau.