Assefa lopped more than two minutes off the previous record, finishing the Berlin course in 2 hours, 11 minutes and 53 seconds.
Tigst Assefa didn’t just break the world record in the women’s marathon Sunday in Berlin, she obliterated it, lowering it by more than two minutes and becoming the first woman to finish a marathon in under 2 hours, 12 minutes.The 26-year-old Ethiopian, an 800-meter specialist running only her third marathon, finished in 2 hours, 11 minutes and 53 seconds on the flat, inner-city course.
“I have set a mark now,” she said. “The decision does not lie with me but with officials. It is up to the National Committee to select me for the team.” The 38-year-old Kipchoge will attempt in Paris to win his third Olympic gold medal for Kenya, but on Sunday he could not lower the 2:01:09 world record he set last year in Berlin. Instead, his time Sunday was the eighth-fastest ever in the men’s marathon.
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