A few key updates to the elite field at the 2026 Chicago Marathon for Oct. 11th: • 2x Olympic medalist 🇧🇪 bashirabdi204 has been added to the men’s field. He was 10th in last year’s Chicago Marathon. • HOKA NAZ Elite’s 🇰🇪 Alex Masai, last year’s third place finisher, has scratched. • 🇺🇸 richtman13, an Elburn, IL native, is looking for his first marathon finish since running 2:07:57 to win the 2025 LA Marathon. He dropped out after 20K of March’s LA Marathon. • 2026 LA Marathon champion 🇺🇸 nim_i_am has been added to the field. • 🇺🇸 colecsprout will be making his marathon debut. He has been training with his former Stanford teammate _charleshicks, who is also racing in Chicago. • 🇺🇸 smevaughn returns to Chicago for the first time since her 2:23:24 PB there in 2023. • U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials qualifier 🇺🇸 Felicia Pasadyn is recovering from her injuries after she was hit by a car in Gainesville, Florida, while running.