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Standing records prior to the 2024 European Athletics Championships World record Jacob Kiplimo (UGA) 57:31 [2]: Lisbon, Portugal: 21 November 2021 European record Julien Wanders (SUI)
Kiplimo broke Ethiopian Jomif Kejelcha's previous world record of 57:30, set on 27 October 2024 in the Valencia Half Marathon. [4] The women's record is 1:02:52, set by Letesenbet Gidey on 24 October 2021, at the Valencia Half Marathon. The previous record of 1:04:02 was set by Ruth Chepngetich of Kenya on 4 April 2021, in Istanbul, Turkey.
However, a 57-year-old male runner died Sunday after collapsing near the fifth mile of the marathon, the first death in the race since 2009. "Our condolences go out to him and his family.
Her best time for the half marathon of 1:05:06, set on 10 February 2017 in the UAE, is a former half marathon world record. She holds the women's only half marathon world record of 1:05:16 set at the 2020 World Half Marathon Championships in Gdynia , Poland, which was an improvement on her own previous record.
The 42nd annual Milwaukee Lakefront Marathon took place on Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. It was the race's second year on its new course.
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The name was changed to the New Jersey Shore Marathon in 1999, and changed again to the New Jersey Marathon in 2001. Then-governor James McGreevey declared it the official state marathon in 2005. [2] As of 2023, the Jersey City Marathon has been crowned the official marathon to represent the state of New Jersey.
Mantz completed his first half marathon at age 12, which motivated him to participate in other races. [3] At age 14, he finished a half marathon in 1:11:24, averaging a pace of 5:26.8 minutes per mile. He attended Sky View High School in Smithfield, Utah, where he was a three-time All-American at the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships. [4]