{
  "id": 2811993,
  "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",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-23T13:51:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Island Sri Lanka",
    "slug": "the-island-sri-lanka",
    "url": "http://island.lk/kejelcha-regains-world-half-marathon-record-with-5651-in-buenos-aires/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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 […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "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": "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"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}