Ethiopian runner Yomif Kejelcha breaks men's half-marathon world record by one second

Ethiopian runner Yomif Kejelcha made each 2nd count arsenic he collapsed nan men’s half-marathon grounds by conscionable 1 second

VALENCIA, Spain -- Ethiopian runner Yomif Kejelcha made each 2nd count arsenic he collapsed nan men's half-marathon grounds by conscionable 1 2nd Sunday.

Kejelcha vanished powerfully successful nan Spanish metropolis of Valencia to group a clip of 57 minutes, 30 seconds, knocking a azygous 2nd disconnected nan grounds group successful 2021 by Ugandan runner Jacob Kiplimo successful Lisbon, Portugal.

Kejelcha is simply a erstwhile world title metallic medalist successful nan 10,000 meters and holds nan indoor world grounds for nan mile, which he group successful Boston successful 2019.

Like each way and section records, Kejelcha's will beryllium taxable to ratification procedures earlier World Athletics considers it official.

It was nan 2nd clip successful a statement that nan grounds was bettered by specified a constrictive margin. When Kiplimo group his record, nan clip was a azygous 2nd faster than that group by Kibiwott Kandie of Kenya a twelvemonth earlier successful Valencia.

It concisely seemed location could beryllium a world grounds Sunday successful nan women's half-marathon too, but Kenya's Agnes Ngetich missed retired by 11 seconds while chasing Letesenbet Gidey's people of 1 hour, 2 minutes, 52 seconds. Gidey besides group her grounds successful Valencia, successful 2021.

World Athletics said it was nan second-fastest clip successful history. It was nan first clip that Ngetich, a world title finalist past twelvemonth successful nan 10,000, had raced nan half-marathon.

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This communicative has been corrected. The women's half-marathon world grounds holder is Letesenbet Gidey, not Gedey.

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