Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge wins Chicago Marathon men's title

Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge, pictured in Rotterdam in April, has won the Chicago Marathon men's crown in an unofficial time of two hours, four minutes and 11 seconds. By Marco de Swart (ANP/AFP/File)

Chicago (AFP) - Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge won the Chicago Marathon men's crown on Sunday in an unofficial time of two hours, four minutes and 11 seconds.

It was only the fourth marathon start for the 29-year-old distance star, who took 5,000-meter silver at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and bronze four years earlier at Athens and captured a 2003 world title at the distance.

Kipchoge won his marathon debut last year at Hamburg.