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Chepng'etich won the women's only road race at the 40th Istanbul Marathon, a World Athletics Label Road Race.She ran 2:18:35, with split times of 31:59 at 10 km, 48:15 at 15 km, 1:08:22 at the half marathon mark, and 1:37:42 at 30 km. Chepng'etich's performance was a course record, the best performance ever on Turkish soil, and, at the time, was the seventh fastest time in history.
Chepng'etich broke the world record set by Ethiopia’s Tigist Assefa, who ran the Berlin Marathon in 2:11:53 last year. Chepng'etich is now the first woman in history to run a marathon in under 2:10.
Women's world record holder Ruth Chepngetich is set to race in the London Marathon on 27 April. The Kenyan, 30, ran the fastest time in history by a female athlete at the Chicago Marathon in ...
Ruth Chepngetich smashed the world record by nearly two minutes at the Chicago Marathon on Sunday, winning in 2:09:56.
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 ...
March 30: 2024 World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Belgrade; April 21–22: 2024 World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships in Antalya; May 4–5: 2024 World Athletics Relays in Nassau; August 26–31: 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima
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.
The leading group was reduced to four when Jepkesho fell back, [14] and later Chepngetich and Chelimo moved away at the front. [15] At the start of the final lap, Chepngetich was able to break away and opened up a gap to claim the gold medal. [14] Her time of 2:32:43 was the slowest ever winning time at the World Championships.