(ANSA-AFP) - BERLIN, 24 SET - Ethiopia's Tigist Assefa
smashed the women's marathon world record in Berlin on Sunday,
winning in 2hr 11min 53sec, more than two minutes ahead of the
previous mark.
The 29-year-old Assefa bettered the record of 2:14:04 set by
Kenyan Brigid Kosgei in Chicago in 2019. Assefa crossed the line
just after Kenyan men's world record holder Eliud Kipchoge won a
record fifth Berlin marathon, crossing the line in 2hr 02min
42sec.
She finished almost six minutes ahead of Kenyan Sheila
Chepkirui (+5:56), while Tanzanian Magdalena Shauri finished
third (+6:48). Assefa broke away early in perfect conditions in
the German capital and continued her stunning time to become the
first woman to set the world record in Berlin since Japan's
Naoko Takahashi in 2001. (ANSA-AFP).
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