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  "id": 8673750,
  "title": "Kenya’s Ngetich breaks women-only half marathon world record",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/kenyas-ngetich-breaks-women-only-half-marathon-world-record",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-20T11:22:51.000Z",
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    "url": "https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/1162288-2/"
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  "summary": "Kenya's Agnes Ngetich shattered the women-only half marathon world record on Sunday, clocking an impressive 1:05:15 at the World Athletics Road Running Championships in Copenhagen. The 25-year-old athlete, who previously broke the women-only 10 km world record last year, dominated the race from the start, finishing 50 seconds ahead of her compatriot Veronica Loleo. Ngetich's achievement surpasses the previous record set by fellow Kenyan Peres Jepchirchir in 2020, and she now stands on the cusp of matching Ethiopia's Letesenbet Gidey's women's half-marathon world record of 1:02:52, set in 2021. This victory adds to Ngetich's impressive year, which includes winning the team half marathon in Copenhagen and the World Cross Country Championships in January.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Kenya's Ngetich breaks women-only half marathon world record by one second",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/kenyas-ngetich-breaks-women-only-half-marathon-world-record-by-one",
        "published": "2026-09-20T09:09:13.000Z"
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        "outlet": "BBC Sport",
        "title": "Ngetich breaks women-only half-marathon record",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/ngetich-breaks-women-only-half-marathon-record",
        "published": "2026-09-20T10:55:57.000Z"
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        "outlet": "KBC",
        "title": "Phenomenal Agnes Jebet Ngetich wins Kenya’s only gold with new world record in Denmark",
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        "outlet": "Nation Africa",
        "title": "Kenya’s Agnes Ngetich smashes half marathon world record",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/kenyas-agnes-ngetich-smashes-half-marathon-world-record",
        "published": "2026-09-20T15:11:42.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Kenya’s Ngetich breaks women-only half-marathon world record by a second",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/kenyas-ngetich-breaks-women-only-half-marathon-world-record-by-a-8721059",
        "published": "2026-09-20T15:30:10.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Island Sri Lanka",
        "title": "Kenya’s Ngetich breaks women-only half-marathon world record by a second",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/kenyas-ngetich-breaks-women-only-half-marathon-world-record-by-a",
        "published": "2026-09-21T00:37:39.000Z"
      }
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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."
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