Assefa, 28, previously won the 2022 and 2023 Berlin Marathons—the latter of which she set the world record of 2:11:53, which has since been broken by Ruth Chepngetich (2:09:56) in 2024.

Assefa, 26, crossed the finish line at the Brandenburg Gate with a time of 2:11:53. The previous world record had been held by Brigid Kosgei, who completed a 2019 marathon in Chicago in 2:14:04.

Ethiopia’s Tigist Assefa obliterated the women’s marathon world record on Sunday as she won the Berlin Marathon, completing the course in 2:11:53 and shaving more than two minutes off the ...

Tigst Assefa needed just 18 months to go from marathon debutant to smashing the world record by more than two minutes. The Ethiopian's astonishing Berlin race - winning in two hours, 11 minutes ...

It was just the second major marathon for Assefa, who is 26 years old, after her breakout performance at last year’s Berlin Marathon, where she won in 2:15:37—at the time, the third-fastest ...

Assefa made up for second-place finishes in London and the Paris Olympics last year by pulling away from Joyciline Jepkosgei near the end to finish in 2 hours, 15 minutes and 50 seconds.

Tigist Assefa wearing the $500 shoe on Sunday. REUTERS Weighing just 5 ounces, the shoes are very light, but not durable. They’re designed to be worn for a single marathon-distance race (26 ...

Tigst Assefa of Ethopia won the London Marathon in a women’s only record time of 2.15:50, as Kenya’s Sabastian Sawe won the men’s race. Assefa eclipsed the previous women’s only record set ...

Ethiopian runner Assefa, the winner in Berlin a year ago, ran the race in 2 hours, 11 minutes, 53 seconds to break the previous women’s record of 2:14:04 set by Kenya’s Brigid Kosgei at the ...

Assefa ran 2 hours, 11 minutes, 53 seconds to break the previous women’s record of 2:14:04 set by Kenya’s Brigid Kosgei at the Chicago Marathon in 2019.

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 ...