Izzi Batt-Doyle obliterates Australian marathon record in Chicago

31-year-old finishes sixth to beat Jess Stenson’s national recordTime of 2:20:38 betters her personal best by two minutesIzzi 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. Continue reading…

Izzi Batt-Doyle smashed the national record by more than 45 seconds with a blistering run in the United States 31-year-old finishes sixth to beat Jess Stenson’s national record 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. She said she was inspired by former Australian record-holder Benita Willis on her way to her 2:20:38 time in Chicago that improved her own personal best by an incredible two minutes. Willis ran 2:22:36 at the 2006 Chicago Marathon, a time