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The 2010 Chicago Marathon took place on Sunday, October 10, 2010. Over 38,000 runners took part, the most in the race's history.[1]
KenyanSamuel Wanjiru won the men's event with a time of 2:06:24, beating EthiopianTsegaye Kebede by 19 seconds.[2]RussianLiliya Shobukhova won the women's event with a time of 2:20:25, besting Atsede Baysa of Ethiopia by more than three minutes.[2] Both Wanjiru and Shobukhova repeated as champions, the first time both the men's and women's champions repeated in race history.[3] With her victory, Shobukhova won the 2009–2010 women's World Marathon Majors championship.[2] Wanjiru's win likely clinched him the men's championship, but Kebede could still take it if he wins or places second in the New York Marathon; this is considered unlikely since it is only four weeks from the Chicago Marathon.[2][dated info]Heinz Frei of Switzerland won the men's wheelchair event in 1:26:56 and AmericanAmanda McGrory won the women's in 1:47:25.[4]
Richard Whitehead of Great Britain broke his old world record for athletes with lower-limb amputations, with a time of 2:42:52.[5]
Over six months before the race, organizers moved up the race's start-time by half an hour to 7:30 am to help prevent heat-related injuries like those that occurred in the 2007 when more than 300 runners were hospitalized.[6][7][8] A red-flag warning was issued during the race, and sixty-five people were hospitalized, which is in line with other marathons.[4][8] Despite the conditions, over 36,000 runners finished the 42.195-kilometer (26.219 mi) race, the most in Chicago Marathon history.[7]