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Author Details
Olympic Lifting and Track & Field
Vancouver, Canada
Previous World Record set earlier this year by Ruth Chepngetich
Previous world record of women’s half marathon 1.04.02 set by Ruth Chepngetich of Kenya is broken by more than a minute.
The Splits
Gidey’s 10 Kilometer split was 29.45 which was already more than 34 seconds faster almost half way through.
Gidey’s Comment
Letesenbet Gidey commented, “I’m so happy to break the world record in my first half marathon and my first race for the NN Running Team. Gracias Valencia!”.
