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Aussie marathon record obliterated in Chicago

Izzi Batt-Doyle is Australia's new distance queen after smashing the national marathon record. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

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).

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