Kejelcha regains world half marathon record with 56:51 in Buenos Aires
Ethiopia’s Yomif Kejelcha regained the world half marathon record, running 56:51 at the Media Maratón Ciudad de Buenos Aires, a World Athletics Label road race, in the Argentinean capital on Sunday (23). With that performance, Kejelcha took 29 seconds off the world record of 57:20 set by Uganda’s Jacob Kiplimo in Lisbon in March – a […]
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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