Izzi Batt-Doyle obliterates Australian marathon record in Chicago
31-year-old finishes sixth to beat Jess Stenson’s national record Time of 2:20:38 betters her personal best by two minutes Izzi Batt-Doyle is the new distance queen of Australian athletics, smashing the national record by more than 45 seconds with a blistering run in the United States. Batt-Doyle clocked a time of two hours 20 minutes 38 seconds on her way to sixth place in the Chicago Marathon on Sunday (local time). The 31-year-old took 46 seconds off the previous Australian record of 2:21:24,
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31-year-old finishes sixth to beat Jess Stenson’s national record Time of 2:20:38 betters her personal best by two minutes Izzi Batt-Doyle is the new distance queen of Australian athletics, smashing the national record by more than 45 seconds with a blistering run in the United States.
Batt-Doyle clocked a time of two hours 20 minutes 38 seconds on her way to sixth place in the Chicago Marathon on Sunday (local time).
The 31-year-old took 46 seconds off the previous Australian record of 2:21:24, set by Jess Stenson in 2025.
Batt-Doyle is a two-time Olympian in the 5000m, and was already the Australian record-holder in the half-marathon and 10,000m.