{
  "id": 2794096,
  "title": "Kejelcha regains half marathon world record in Buenos Aires",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/23/kejelcha-regains-half-marathon-world-record-in-buenos-aires",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-23T13:18:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Channel News Asia",
    "slug": "channel-news-asia",
    "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com/sport/kejelcha-regains-half-marathon-world-record-in-buenos-aires-6336031"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "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.",
  "summary": null,
  "key_points": [
    "Ethiopian runner Yomif Kejelcha sets new half marathon world record",
    "56:51 time beats previous record by 29 seconds",
    "Fotyen Tesfay wins women's race with 1:03:57"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "BBC World",
        "title": "Kejelcha breaks men's half marathon world record by 29 seconds",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/23/kejelcha-breaks-mens-half-marathon-world-record-by-29-seconds",
        "published": "2026-08-23T13:35:06.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Island Sri Lanka",
        "title": "Kejelcha regains world half marathon record with 56:51 in Buenos Aires",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/23/kejelcha-regains-world-half-marathon-record-with-56-51-in-buenos-aires",
        "published": "2026-08-23T13:51:45.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}