FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
2023 Bank of America Chicago Marathon Professional Field Updates
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 8. In
addition to the previously announced field, the following athletes will be
competing in 2023:
Professional Field - Men's Open Division
Kinde Atanaw (ETH, 2:03:51)
Leonard Korir (USA, 2:07:56)
Daniel Mesfun (USA, 2:10:06)
Sam Chelanga (USA, 2:15:02)
Jordan Gusman (MLT, Debut)
Professional Field - Women's Open Division
Megertu Alemu (ETH, 2:18:32)
Rose Harvey (GBR, 2:27:20)
Emiline Delanis (FRA, 2:32:36)
Professional Field - Men's Wheelchair Division
David Weir (GBR, 1:26:17)
Previously announced athletes Milkesa Mengesha (ETH), Daniel Do Nascimento
(BRA), Kei Katanishi (JPN), Jorge Castelblanco (PAN), Colin Mickow (USA),
Tigist Girma (ETH), Nell Rojas (USA) and Ernst Van Dyk (RSA) have withdrawn
from the 2023 event.
Download the complete 2023 elite field roster (.pdf)
Tune into the 2023 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. CST on Sunday, October 8. 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
Anabel Monge and Héctor Lozano on Telemundo Chicago. Covering the leaders
and reporting along the course will be Keira D'Amato for the women's
professional open division race and Olympian Diego Estrada for the men's
professional open division race. A talented array of NBC and Telemundo
reporters will join the broadcast at the start, finish and along the
course.
The 45th 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. CST, as well as on nbcchicago.com,
telemundochicago.com and nbcsportschicago.com and the NBC Chicago,
Telemundo Chicago and NBC Sports Chicago apps. More information on
streaming availability can be found here. For Spanish, click here.
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 8 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
elite 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 2023 Bank of America Chicago Marathon, a
member of the Abbott World Marathon Majors, will start and finish in Grant
Park on Sunday, October 8, 2023. In advance of the race, a three-day Abbott
Health & Fitness Expo will be held at McCormick Place Convention Center on
Thursday, October 5, Friday, October 6, and Saturday, October 7. For more
information about the event and how to get involved, go to
chicagomarathon.com.
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