Agnes Ngetich breaks women-only half marathon world record
The New York Times • • sports
Key Points:
- Agnes Ngetich set a new women-only half marathon world record with a time of 1:05:15 at the World Road Running Championships in Copenhagen, beating the previous record by one second.
- Ngetich, who already holds the 10km overall and women-only world records, led the race from the start and finished 50 seconds ahead of teammate Veronica Loleo, who took silver.
- Rwanda’s Florence Niyonkuru earned bronze with a national record time of 1:06:08, while Ngetich emphasized her primary goal was winning gold rather than breaking the record.
- In the men’s half marathon, Sweden’s Andrea Almgren won gold, breaking his own European record with a time of 58:06 and moving to ninth on the all-time list.
- Kenya won the team event, followed by the U.S. in second and Ethiopia in third place.
