Both the men’s and women’s Chicago Marathon winners raced to victory in the Adizero Adios Pro Evo 3 super shoe on Sunday as the German brand continued to dominate the season.
Kenyan runner Amos Kipruto won in the Windy City after previously placing both second and third in the race. He recorded a personal best of 2:01:09, beating his 2:01:29 finish in London in April.
In the women’s race, Adidas runner Hawi Feysa was the winner for the second year in a row, crossing the finish line in 2:13:33.
Over 55,000 runners competed in the 26.2 mile race, which started and ended in Chicago’s Grant Park.
Ethiopian runner Hawi Feysa won the Chicago marathon for the second year in a row.
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The latest achievement for Adidas comes after the brand swept the men’s and women’s podiums in Berlin last month — the first time since 2017 that one brand was worn by all six top competitors.
Chicago winner Amos Kipruto, with fellow Adidas runner, Tadese Bikila, who also wore the Pro Evo 3 for second place, and Nike competitor Milkesa Mengesha, who wore the Nike Apex for third place.
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The Adidas Adizero Adios Pro Evo 3 led three runners to historic highs in London, with Sabastian Sawe — the race’s men’s winner — and fellow three-stripes athlete Yomif Kejelcha both breaking the sub-2-hour marathon barrier for the first time. In the women’s race, Adidas runner Tigst Assefa set a women’s-only world record of 2:15.41.
The much-buzzed-about super shoe debuted for the first time in London. The super shoe weighs just 97 grams for a men’s size 9.5 and improves running economy by 1.6 percent compared to the Pro Evo 2. Most of the reduction comes via a new Lightstrike Pro Evo foam compound that’s 50 percent lighter than its predecessors, and designers took inspiration from kitesurfing sails to create a feathery woven upper.
Ethiopian runner Hawi Feysa, with Under Armour’s Sharon Lodeki, the second place finisher and Nike’s Brigid Kosgei, the third place finisher.
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