Rupp and Hasay to race at 2018 Chicago Marathon

BREAKING NEWS We’re excited to announce that our 2017 #ChicagoMarathon men’s champion Galen Rupp and American marathon debut record holder @JordanHasay will be returning to the streets of Chicago in 2018! #ChicagoMarathon2018 #GalenRupp #JordanHasay pic.twitter.com/6q3Q1ItuTK

— Chicago Marathon (@ChiMarathon) May 16, 2018

The Bank of America Chicago Marathon has announced that Americans Galen Rupp and Jordan Hasay will be competing at this year’s event on October 7. 

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Rupp, the defending champion and three-time Olympian, was the recent winner of the Volkswagen Prague Marathon on May 6 with a time of 2:06:07. In the process Rupp shaved more than three minutes off his PB and became the third-fastest American marathoner in history, behind Khalid Khannouchi.

Spring has finally sprung in Chicago! ? Photo credit: @ChooseChicago #ChicagoMarathon #ChicagoMarathon2018 #MyChicagoMarathon pic.twitter.com/o3VmwAVL22

— Chicago Marathon (@ChiMarathon) April 28, 2018

Rupp was among 23 elites who dropped out of this year’s Boston Marathon due to extreme cold and wet conditions.

Hasay holds the American record for a first marathon, set at Boston in 2017, where she placed third, with a time of 2:23:00. She had to drop out of this year’s Boston Marathon due to a foot injury. She was also third at Chicago later last year, setting a PB, with 2:20:57.