Cam Levins can breathe a sigh of relief.

The Canadian’s national marathon record of two hours five minutes 36 seconds still stands after Rory Linkletter crossed the line in 2:06:49 at Sunday’s Chicago Marathon.

Linkletter, the 29-year-old Calgary native, still placed ninth overall. Levins established the mark in March 2023 at the Tokyo Marathon.

Meanwhile, Jacob Kiplimo of Uganda and Ethiopian Hawi Feysa won the men’s and women’s races in Chicago by comfortable margins.

Kiplimo crossed the line in a personal-best time of 2:02:23 seconds. He was 1:31 clear of Kenyan Amos Kipruto, the 2022 London Marathon winner, whose countryman Alex Masai was third in 2:04.37. Conner Mantz was fourth in a U.S.-record time of 2:04:43.

Earlier this year, the 24-year-old Kiplimo set a men’s half-marathon

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