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Assefa Breaks Women-only World Marathon Record In London

By IANS News April 27, 2025 • 16:52 PM View: 93

World Athletics Platinum Label: Ethiopia’s Tigist Assefa smashed the women-only world record by 26 seconds at the London Marathon, running 2:15:50 to win the World Athletics Platinum Label road race on Sunday.

The Olympic silver medallist kicked away from Kenya’s Joyciline Jepkosgei to clinch her first London Marathon win after finishing second to Peres Jepchirchir last year.

Jepchirchir’s winning mark of 2:16:16 a year ago had also been a women-only world record and that is the mark Assefa improved, finishing strongly to win by almost three minutes ahead of Jepkosgei (2:18:43). Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands was third (2:18:59), the World Athletics reported.

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