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CHICAGO — Reigning Olympic and London Marathon champion Sammy Wanjiru of Kenya and Russia’s Liliya Shobukhova captured Chicago Marathon titles on Sunday, the African star doing so in course record time. Wanjiru made a triumphant US debut in 2hrs 5mins 41secs to defeat Moroccan runner-up Abderrahim Goumi by 23 seconds and shave a second off the old race mark set in 1999 by Morocco’s Khalid Khannouchi. It was the fourth triumph in five career marathons for Wanjiru, who turns 23 next month, and his third major triumph in a row after last August’s gold medal effort in China and his London victory six months ago. Kenya’s Vincent Kipruto, who set a Paris Marathon course record of 2:05.47 in just his second career marathon, was third in 2:06:08 with countryman Charles Munyeki fourth in 2:07:07. Shobukhova took the women’s crown in 2:25:55, surging ahead at the final water break to defeat German runner-up Irina Mikitenko, this year’s London Marathon winner, by 36 seconds with Russian Lidya Gri
