Izzi Batt-Doyle smashes Australian marathon record with run in Chicago

Adelaide runner Izzi Batt-Doyle lowered her own personal best by more than two minutes, breaking the Australian women's marathon record in Chicago. Her time of 2:20:38 took 46 seconds off the existing record, held by Jess Stenson. Batt-Doyle, who was paced by her fiancé Riley Cocks, finished sixth in the women's race at the Chicago Marathon behind winner Hawi Feysa of Ethiopia. Adelaide's Izzi Batt-Doyle is Australia's new marathon queen after breaking the national record with a stunning run at the year's penultimate major, the Chicago Marathon.