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Ruth Chepng'etich (often spelled Ruth Chepngetich, born 8 August 1994) [1] is a Kenyan road runner who is the current women's world record holder (pending ratification) in the marathon, with a time of 2:09:56 set at the 2024 Chicago Marathon. [2]
The 30-year-old Kenyan won the women's marathon in a record time of 2:09:56. It marked her third win at the Chicago Marathon in the last four years. ... Ruth Chepngetich breaks the world record in ...
The 30-year-old broke the world record set by Tigist Assefa of Ethiopia in 2:11:53 at the 2023 Berlin Marathon. Sutume Asefa Kebede of Ethiopia finished second in 2:17:32. Chepngetich became the ...
Kenya’s Ruth Chepngetich obliterated the women’s marathon world record in Chicago on Sunday as she completed the course in 2:09:56, becoming the first ever woman to break the 2:10 barrier.
For a performance to be ratified as a world record by World Athletics, the marathon course on which the performance occurred must be 42.195 km (26.219 mi) long, [34] measured in a defined manner using the calibrated bicycle method [35] (the distance in kilometers being the official distance; the distance in miles is an approximation) and meet other criteria that rule out artificially fast ...
Dutch runner Sifan Hassan set a new woman's course record by finishing the race with a time of 2:13:44, running the second-fastest marathon by a woman, in her second marathon ever. [ 14 ] [ 16 ] [ 17 ] Hassan had debuted at the marathon distance with the 2023 London Marathon, which she won with a time of 2:18:33. [ 18 ]
The 30-year-old Chepngetich broke the world record set by Tigist Assefa of Ethiopia in 2:11:53 at the 2023 Berlin Marathon. Sutume Asefa Kebede of Ethiopia finished second in 2:17:32. “I feel so ...
The world record for the marathon had been set six times: three male and three female world records. The United Kingdom has had both a male and a female fastest marathon world record in Chicago. The women's world record was once set by Paula Radcliffe, who succeeded Catherine Ndereba as a world record holder in 2002. [2]