Kejelcha regains half marathon world record in Buenos Aires
On August 23, Ethiopian runner Yomif Kejelcha reclaimed the half marathon world record in Buenos Aires, completing the race in an impressive 56 minutes and 51 seconds. This new time marked a significant improvement of 29 seconds over the previous record set by Uganda's Jacob Kiplimo in Lisbon back in March. Kejelcha had previously lost this record after Kiplimo's faster time of 57:30 in Valencia earlier that year.
Despite running a personal best of 56:42 in Barcelona last year, Kiplimo's performance did not qualify for the record due to the race conditions not meeting World Athletics regulations. In the women's race, fellow Ethiopian athlete Fotyen Tesfay claimed victory with a time of 1:03:57.
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