Kenya’s Ngetich breaks women-only half-marathon world record by a second

Agnes Ngetich finished 50 seconds up of compatriot Veronica Loleo, who came successful second.

Kenya’s Agnes Ngetich took a 2nd disconnected the women-only half-marathon satellite grounds connected Sunday erstwhile she won the World Athletics Road Running Championships successful Copenhagen, stopping the timepiece astatine 1 hour, 5 minutes, and 15 seconds.

Ngetich, who besides broke the women-only 10km (6.2-mile) satellite grounds past year, pushed to the beforehand from the outset connected a sunny greeting successful the Danish superior and led until the end, finishing 50 seconds up of compatriot Veronica Loleo, who came successful second.

The erstwhile grounds was acceptable by Peres Jepchirchir, different Kenyan, erstwhile she won the World Half Marathon rubric successful Poland successful 2020.

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The wide women’s half-marathon satellite grounds is held by Ethiopia’s Letesenbet Gidey, who clocked 1:02:52 successful 2021 astatine the mixed-gender Valencia Half Marathon successful Spain.

Sunday’s triumph was the latest large rubric this twelvemonth for the 25-year-old Ngetich, who besides won the squad fractional marathon successful Copenhagen and the World Cross Country Championships successful Florida successful the US successful January.