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 ...

Ethiopian Tigst Assefa won the London Marathon in a world record for a women’s only race, while Kenyan Sabastian Sawe took the men’s title to further his argument as the world’s top male marathoner.

Tigist Assefa posted one of the most stunning times in the history of marathons, covering the 26.2-mile distance of the Berlin Marathon in 2:11:53 on Sunday. Assefa broke the women's marathon ...

By Helen Reid LONDON, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Adidas' newest running shoes, worn by Ethiopia's Tigist Assefa on Sunday to set a new women's marathon world record in Berlin, went on sale on Tuesday ...

Ethiopia's Assefa ran 2:11.53 at the Berlin Marathon in September, setting the world record for women in a race alongside male runners, and has her sights on Mary Keitany's time of 2:17:01 set in ...

A strong London Marathon women's field has been assembled in an attempt to lower the 2:17:01 mark set by Mary Keitany in 2017.

Assefa clocked an unofficial 2 hours, 15 minutes, 50 seconds, breaking the women's only world record of 2:16:16 set by Kenyan Peres Jepchirchir at the 2024 London Marathon.

Tigist Assefa of Ethiopia obliterated the fastest marathon ever run by a woman, but it's her brand new shoes that are raising eyebrows. Photo by: Adidas By: Justin Boggs Posted 5:28 AM, Sep 25, 2023 ...