{
  "id": 2795970,
  "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",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-23T13:35:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "BBC World",
    "slug": "bbc-world",
    "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/articles/c9989lm0vkro?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Yomif Kejelcha of Ethiopia has broken the men's half marathon world record with a time of 56 minutes and 51 seconds. He achieved this feat at a World Athletics road race held in Buenos Aires.\n\nAccording to Channel News Asia, Kejelcha's record broke the previous mark by 29 seconds, which was set by Jacob Kiplimo of Uganda in 57:20. Kiplimo had previously improved on his own record of 57:30 from Valencia in October 2024.\n\nIn the women's race, Fotyen Tesfay of Ethiopia won with a time of 1:03:57.",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "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",
        "published": "2026-08-23T13:18:08.000Z"
      },
      {
        "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."
}