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2024 Bank of America Chicago Marathon Professional Field Updates
Race Coverage Available to Fans Around the World
Professional Field Updates
The Bank of America Chicago Marathon is excited to welcome professional
athletes from around the world to its start line on Sunday, October 13. In
addition to the previously announced field, the following athletes will be
competing in 2024:
Bank of America Chicago Marathon Professional Field – Men's Open Division
Name, Country, Personal Best
Birhanu Legese, ETH, 2:02:48 (Berlin, 2019)
Kyohei Hosoya, JPN, 2:06:35 (Otsu, 2021)
Toshiki Sadakata, JPN, 2:07:05 (Tokyo, 2020)
Shadrack Kipchirchir, USA, 2:13:02 (Amsterdam, 2023)
Peter Lynch, IRL, Debut
Alex Masai, KEN, Debut
Bank of America Chicago Marathon Professional Field – Women's Wheelchair
Division
Name, Country, Personal Best
Michelle Wheeler, USA, 1:45:45 (Oita, 2019)
Hoda Elshorbagy, EGY, 1:58:38 (Chicago, 2023)
Eva Houston, USA, 1:59:49 (Duluth, 2022)
Hannah Dederick, USA, 2:02:23 (Chicago, 2022)
Rachel Cleaver, USA, Debut
Bank of America Chicago Marathon Professional Field – Men's Wheelchair
Division
Name, Country, Personal Best
Josh Cassidy ,CAN, 1:18:25 (Boston, 2012)
Hiroki Nishida, JPN, 1:20:28 (Boston, 2017)
Jordi Madera, ESP, 1:22:10 (Boston, 2017)
Tomoki Suzuki, JPN, 1:22:55 (Oita, 2019)
Jetze Plat, NED, 1:24:28 (Dubai, 2023)
Evan Correll, USA, 1:27:19 (Duluth, 2022)
Jason Robinson, USA, 1:29:01 (Duluth, 2022)
Grant Pierce, USA, 2:00:18 (Chicago, 2023)
Ethan Burkhart, USA, 2:00:53 (Duluth, 2019)
Previously announced athletes Vanessa De Souza (BRA), Mary Ngugi-Cooper
(KEN), Andrea Pomaranski (USA), Isai Rodriguez (USA), Nell Rojas (USA) and
Dorcas Tuitoek (KEN) have withdrawn from the 2024 event.
Download the complete 2024 elite field rosterD (.pdf)
Tune into the 2024 Bank of America Chicago Marathon
Watch Live
NBC 5 Chicago and Telemundo Chicago will provide complete live coverage of
the Bank of America Chicago Marathon in English and Spanish from 7 a.m. –
11 a.m. (U.S. Central Time) on Sunday, October 13. Expert analysts Ed
Eyestone, Carrie Tollefson and Amanda McGrory will join Marion Brooks and
Leila Rahimi on NBC 5 Chicago, with Juan Luis Barrios, Luis Posso and Saul
Mendoza joining Raul Delgado and Héctor Lozano on Telemundo Chicago.
Covering the leaders and reporting along the course will be two of the
greatest American distance runners of all-time Deena Kastor and Galen Rupp.
A talented array of NBC and Telemundo reporters will join the broadcast at
the start, finish and along the course.
The 46th running of the race, as well as four hours of finish-line
coverage, will be streamed live nationally and in Mexico on Peacock and
Roku from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. (U.S. Central Time), as well as on
nbcchicago.com and telemundochicago.com and the NBC Chicago and Telemundo
Chicago apps.
International viewers can watch the race via a variety of global broadcast
partners, including Eurosport, Eurosport India, SMG China, FloSports, ESPN
Brazil and ESPN Latin America.
Listen Live
670 The Score Sports Radio will provide complete live radio coverage of the
Bank of America Chicago Marathon on race day from 7 a.m. – 11 a.m. CST.
Fans of the sport can listen to Chicago's Josh Liss joined by analysts Josh
Cox, Jenny Spangler, Treniere Moser and Chris Wehrman for a play-by-play of
all the action. Listen from anywhere on Sunday, October 13 at
670thescore.com/listen.
About the Bank of America Chicago Marathon
The Bank of America Chicago Marathon welcomes thousands of participants
from more than 100 countries and all 50 states, including a world-class
professional field, top regional and Masters runners, race veterans, debut
marathoners and charity participants. The race's iconic course takes
participants through 29 vibrant neighborhoods on an architectural and
cultural tour of Chicago. The 2024 Bank of America Chicago Marathon, a
member of the Abbott World Marathon Majors, will start and finish in Grant
Park on Sunday, October 13, 2024. In advance of the race, a three-day
Abbott Health & Fitness Expo will be held at McCormick Place Convention
Center on Thursday, October 10, Friday, October 11, and Saturday, October
12. For more information about the event and how to get involved, go to
chicagomarathon.com.
For more Bank of America news, including dividend announcements and other
important information, visit the Bank of America newsroom and register for
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