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Kenyan breaks world half marathon record, beating old best by 29 seconds

Ruth Chepngetich sprinted away from Ethiopia's Yalemzerf Yehualaw across the final stages to win the Istanbul Half Marathon

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INSTAMBUL – Kenya’s Ruth Chepngetich sprinted away from Ethiopia’s Yalemzerf Yehualaw across the final stages to win the Istanbul Half Marathon smashed the world half marathon record on Sunday, clocking a time of 1:04:02 at the N Kolay Istanbul Half Marathon to shave 29 seconds off the old mark.
The marathon world champion sliced almost half a minute off the previous best mark of 1hr 4:31 set by Ethiopia’s Ababel Yeshaneh in February 2020 in the United Arab Emirates.

Chepngetich, 26, was followed across the line in Turkey by Ethiopian Yalemzerf Yehualaw (1hr 4:40) with Kenya’s Hellen Obiri third in 1hr 4:51.

Winning the race for a third time after 2017 and 2019 she pulled clear of Yehualaw in the final stages to seal her place in the record books.

This was the first time three women have finished inside 65 minutes in one half marathon.

World record-holder Kibiwott Kandie won the men’s race in a course record of 59min 35sec.

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