Record-breaking Agnes Ngetich wins half-marathon at world road running champs
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Kenyan runner Agnes Ngetich crossed the line in 1hr 5min 15sec, 50 seconds ahead of her compatriot Veronica Loleo.
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- Kenyan Agnes Ngetich set a new women-only half-marathon world record with a time of 1hr 5min 15sec at the world road running championships in Copenhagen.
- Ngetich broke the previous record by one second, beating compatriot Veronica Loleo and Rwanda’s Florence Niyonkuru, who finished third.
- In the men's race, Sweden’s Andreas Almgren won in 58:06, ahead of Kenyan Nicholas Kipkorir and Ugandan Joshua Cheptegei.
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PARIS – Kenyan runner Agnes Ngetich set a new women-only world record as she won the half-marathon at the world road running championships in Copenhagen on Sept 20.
Ngetich, who broke away early, crossed the line in 1hr 5min 15sec, 50 seconds ahead of her compatriot Veronica Loleo. Rwanda’s Florence Niyonkuru finished third in 1:06:08.
Ngetich took one second off the world record for a women-only race set by her compatriot Peres Jepchirchir, who won the world half-marathon title in Gdynia in 2020.
The overall women’s world record is held by the Ethiopian Letesenbet Gidey, who clocked 1:02:52 at the mixed-gender Valencia Half-Marathon in Spain in October 2021.
Sweden’s Andreas Almgren won the men’s race in Copenhagen, sprinting down the final straight to shake off Nicholas Kipkorir and finish in 58:06.
He was five seconds ahead of the Kenyan and 20 seconds up on Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei, who claimed the bronze medal. AFP