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Ugandan runner Jacob Kiplimo completes first ever sub-57 minute half marathon
Jacob Kiplimo shattered the half marathon world record with a blistering run on Sunday.
The 24-year-old Ugandan was competing in the Barcelona half marathon where he became the first person ever to complete the distance in under 57 minutes, per World Athletics, which added that the record would be subject to its usual ratification procedure. “The pacemaker set the agreed 2:45 pace but I found myself full of energy and decided to inject a brisker rhythm from the third kilometre, but I never imagined to perform under the 57 minute barrier, that’s astonishing.” Meanwhile, Kenya’s Joyciline Jepkosgei set a course record in the women’s race, finishing in 1:04:13 to fend off her compatriot Gladys Chepkurui in second and Ethiopia’s Alemtsehay Zerihun in third.
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