UJordani Hasay Uba ngowesifazane waseMelika oshesha kakhulu ukugijima iChicago Marathon
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Ezinyangeni eziyisikhombisa ezedlule, uJordon Hasay wagijima umjaho wakhe wokuqala ngqa eBoston, waqeda endaweni yesithathu. Lo mfana oneminyaka engu-26 ubenethemba lokuthi uzophumelela ngendlela efanayo e-2017 Bank of America Chicago Marathon ngempelasonto-futhi kuphephile ukusho ukuthi ujabule kakhulu ngokusebenza kwakhe.
Ngesikhathi esingu-2: 20: 57, uHasay uphinde wangena endaweni yesithathu futhi waba ngowesifazane waseMelika oshesha kakhulu ukuqeda umjaho waseChicago. Uphule irekhodi ebelisethwe yindondo yama-Olympic uJoan Benoit Samuelson ngo-1985. "Kube wudumo olukhulu," utshele iNBC ngemuva kokuqeda kwakhe. "Cishe sekuyizinyanga eziyisikhombisa kuphela selokhu umjaho wami wokuqala ngqa ngijabule kakhulu ngekusasa." (Ucabanga ngokugijima imarathon? Nazi izinto ezinhlanu okufanele wazi.)
USamuelson wayengomunye wabadlali be-Chicago marathon alums ababehalalisela u-Hasay eceleni. (Related: 26.2 Amaphutha Engawenza Ngesikhathi SeMarathon Yami Yokuqala Ngakho Akudingekile)
Ngaphezu kokuqopha irekhodi le-Chicago Marathon, u-Hasay uphinde waba ne-PR yemizuzu emibili eyamsiza ukuthi abe umgijimi wesibili oshesha kakhulu waseMelika emlandweni. UDeena Kastor usaphethe irekhodi lomjaho oshesha ukwedlula owaseMelika ngo-2: 19: 36 esuka eLondon Marathon ngo-2006.
UTirunesh Dibaba, odle umhlanganiso kwiMarathon, wase-Ethiopia, uqede lo mjaho ngo-2: 18: 31, cishe imizuzu emibili ukusuka kuBrigid Kosgei, waseKenya, othathe u-2: 20: 22 endaweni yesibili. Ebheke phambili, uDibaba unamehlo akhe ekuphuleni irekhodi lomhlaba elibekwe umgijimi waseNgilandi, uPaula Radcliffe, ngo-2: 15: 25.