The world record set by marathon runner Tigist Assefa, on September 24 last year in Berlin, Germany, was confirmed when it was ratified by World Athletics. Assefa won the BMW Berlin Marathon with ...

Ethiopia's Tigist Assefa broke the women's world record with a time of 2:11:53 in last year's race, but while Ketema was five minutes slower than that, her winning time was still the third fastest ...

Other winners announced on Monday were Tigist Assefa, Faith Kipyegon, Yulimar Rojas, Noah Lyles and Kelvin Kiptum. Following feedback during the voting process, in a year in which 23 world records ...

Ethiopia's Tigst Assefa says she is "here to win" her maiden London Marathon on Sunday. Assefa, 27, is the women's world record-holder after completing the Berlin Marathon in two hours 11 minutes ...

Kenya's Ruth Chepngetich shatters the women's world record by nearly two minutes at the Chicago Marathon, winning in 2:09:56. She is the first woman to break 2:10 in the marathon.

Chepngetich took almost two minutes off the previous world record set by Ethiopia's Tigist Assefa in Berlin last year (2:11:53 hours), and became the first woman to race under 2:10 hours.

Ketema's time was just under five minutes slower than training partner Tigist Assefa's world record of 2:11.53 but is the third-best winning time among the women in Berlin Marathon history.

the Ethiopian Tigist Assefa, the Swedish Armand Duplantis, the American Noah Lyles and the Kenyan Kelvin Kiptum. Faced with the diversity of votes, for the first time World Athletics decided to ...