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☆ London Marathon 2024: Peres Jepchirchir wins London Marathon women’s elite race and breaks women’s-only world record
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-21 | by ( Aimee Lewis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —It was billed as a race that would be harder to win than the Olympic marathon gold in Paris and the London Marathon’s elite women’s race did not disappoint as reigning Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir won a hugely competitive race and set a new women’s-only world record. The field had a clutch of runners who were capable of breaking the record but it was Jepchirchir who made history, finishing ahead of Ethiopia’s world record holder Tigst Assefa in a sprint finish. I was not expecting to run a world record. I’m happy too to be in Paris for the Olympic marathon. Before the race a tribute was paid to world record holder and 2023 winner Kelvin Kiptum, who died in a traffic accident near his home in Kenya earlier this year.

Persons: Peres Jepchirchir, Mary Keitany, Jepchirchir, Tigst, Joyciline Jepkosgei, “, ” Jepchirchir, I’m, ” Alexander Mutiso Munyao, John Walton, Alexander Mutiso Munyao, Kenenisa Bekele, Emile Cairess, Kelvin Kiptum, Munyao, ”, Bekele, Marcel Hug, Catherine Debrunner Organizations: CNN, London, Olympic, Kenyan, BBC Sport Locations: Paris, jubilation, Kenya, ” Swiss

☆ Tola crushes competition in men's NYC Marathon, Obiri wins women's race
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( Amy Tennery | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

"The people of New York (are) amazing," said Tola, who hoisted his arms aloft as he claimed his first World Marathon Major title after taking third in London earlier this year. Obiri produced an extraordinary final kick in the women's race to outlast Ethiopian Letesenbet Gidey, who crossed the finish line about six seconds behind, as last year's winner, Kenyan Sharon Lokedi, finished third in 2:27:33. Swiss Marcel Hug broke the tape in 1:25:29 in the men’s wheelchair race, picking up a record-extending sixth title in New York, while his compatriot, Catherine Debrunner, won the women's race in 1:39:32. The race capped a blockbuster year for the World Marathon Majors in which both the men’s and women’s world records were obliterated. Kenyan Kelvin Kiptum beat compatriot Eliud Kipchoge's world record mark in Chicago last month, while Ethiopian Tigst Assefa shattered the women's record in Berlin in September.

Persons: Mike Segar, Tola, Obiri, Kenyan Albert Korir, Kitata, Gidey, Sharon Lokedi, Swiss Marcel Hug, Catherine Debrunner, Kenyan Kelvin Kiptum, Eliud, Assefa, Amy Tennery, Andrew Heavens, Christian Radnedge, Toby Davis Organizations: New York, REUTERS, New York City Marathon, Kenyan, triumphing, Ethiopian, Thomson Locations: New York, United States, London, Boston, Swiss, Chicago, Berlin

☆ New York City Marathon: ‘Super shoes’ have ‘blown distance running into a new stratosphere.’ Are they benefitting the sport?
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Michael Reaves/Getty ImagesThe two records in quick succession heightened the debate about how carbon-plated shoes – commonly referred to as “super shoes” – are rapidly changing the distance-running landscape. Today, they are worn by virtually all elite marathon runners, both for racing and for training, and by many casual runners, too. Tobias Schwartz/AFP/Getty ImagesThompson has other reservations about super shoes. “A lot of people say, well, people recover faster from training in the super shoes and therefore they can do more training, better training,” he added. “What I believe I’m seeing is that those who train all the time in super shoes will reduce their body’s ability to optimize biokinetic energy production.

Persons: Assefa, Bjørn Gulden, Kelvin Kiptum, Eliud Kipchoge, Michael Reaves, Peter Thompson, what’s, ” Thompson, … who’s, who’s, Thompson, hadn’t, I’ve, ”, Luciano Lima, “, ” Thomas Allen, Tobias Schwarz, Sifan Hassan, Chicago –, haven’t, ” Tim Hutchings, ” Hutchings, they’re, it’s, It’s, Jaroslav Svoboda, Hutchings, “ We’re, Eliud, Tobias Schwartz, “ I’m Organizations: CNN, Berlin Marathon, Adidas –, Chicago Marathon, Nike, Reebok, Adidas, Getty, Berlin, Runners, Manchester Metropolitan University, World Athletics, York City Marathon, Puma, Athletics Locations: Berlin, Chicago, Great Britain, Prague, York

☆ Ethiopia’s Tigst Assefa Shatters Women’s Marathon Record in Berlin
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( Rachel Bachman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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BERLIN (AP) — Tigst Assefa broke the women's world record by more than two minutes Sunday at the Berlin Marathon, as Eliud Kipchoge won the men's race for the fifth time but couldn't break his own record. Ethiopian runner Assefa, the winner in Berlin a year ago, ran 2 hours, 11 minutes, 53 seconds to break the previous women's record of 2:14:04 set by Brigid Kotsgei at the Chicago Marathon in 2019. His time of 2 hours, 2 minutes, 42 seconds was more than a minute and a half off the record he set in Berlin last year. Kipchoge broke the two-hour barrier in Vienna in 2019 when he ran 1:59:40 but it was not officially considered the world record. The German environmental group Last Generation had signaled it intended to disrupt the Berlin Marathon.

Persons: Tigst Assefa, Eliud Kipchoge, Assefa, Brigid Kotsgei, Kipchoge Organizations: BERLIN, Berlin, Chicago Marathon, Marathon . Police Locations: Berlin, Vienna

☆ Athletics-Ethiopia's Assefa smashes women's marathon world record in Berlin
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-24 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Tigist Assefa from Ethiopia wins the race with the new world record of 2:11:52h during the 2023 BMW Berlin-Marathon on September 24, 2023 in Berlin, Germany. Ethiopia's Tigst Assefa shattered the women's marathon world record in Berlin on Sunday, lopping off more than two minutes from the previous best to clock an official time of two hours 11 minutes and 53 seconds. Her remarkable victory overshadowed men's world record holder Eliud Kipchoge's record fifth victory on Berlin's quick and flat inner-city course. She clocked an hour six minutes 20 seconds at the halfway mark and was one of six women to be on world record time at that stage as the Berlin marathon lived up to its reputation as one of the world's fastest. She had no problem maintaining her pace and at the 37km mark she was just three seconds per kilometre slower than Kipchoge's time at the same stage, cruising to a sensational world record.

Persons: Tigist Assefa, Ethiopia's, Assefa, lopping, Kenyan Brigid Kosgei's, Eliud Organizations: Kenyan Locations: Ethiopia, Berlin, Germany, Paris

☆ Ethiopia's Assefa smashes women's marathon world record in Berlin
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

BERLIN, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Ethiopia's Tigst Assefa shattered the women's marathon world record in Berlin on Sunday, lopping off more than two minutes from the previous best to clock an official time of two hours 11 minutes and 53 seconds. "I knew I wanted to go for the world record but I never thought I would do this time," said the 26-year-old, a former 800-metre runner. Her remarkable victory overshadowed men's world record holder Eliud Kipchoge's record fifth victory on Berlin's quick and flat inner-city course. Compatriot Vincent Kipkemoi was second, with a time of two hours three minutes 13 seconds and Ethiopia's Tadese Takele third. She had no problem maintaining her pace and at the 37km mark she was just three seconds per kilometre slower than Kipchoge's time at the same stage, cruising to a sensational world record.

Persons: Assefa, lopping, pulverise Kenyan Brigid Kosgei's, Eliud, Kipchoge, Vincent Kipkemoi, Tadese, Workenesh Edesa, Sheila Chepkirui, Tanzania's Magdalena Shauri, Karolos Grohmann, Hugh Lawson Organizations: pulverise Kenyan, Ethiopian Olympic, National Committee, Climate, Thomson Locations: Berlin, Paris, Kenya

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