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Kenya’s Ngetich breaks women-only half-marathon world record by a second

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Agnes Ngetich of Kenya broke the women-only half-marathon world record on Sunday during the World Athletics Road Running Championships in Copenhagen, finishing with a time of 1 hour, 5 minutes, and 15 seconds. This victory came just one second ahead of the previous record set by her compatriot Peres Jepchirchir in Poland in 2020. Ngetich led from start to finish, securing first place by 50 seconds over Veronica Loleo.
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Kenya's Agnes Ngetich broke the women-only half-marathon world record on Sunday at the World Athletics Road Running Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark, finishing with a time of 1 hour, 5 minutes, and 15 seconds. This was a second faster than the previous record set by fellow Kenyan Peres Jepchirchir in Poland in 2020. Ngetich led from the start and won by 50 seconds over her compatriot Veronica Loleo. The overall women's half-marathon world record is held by Ethiopia’s Letesenbet Gidey, who set a time of 1 hour, 2 minutes, and 52 seconds in Spain in 2021 during the mixed-gender Valencia Half Marathon.

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Kenya’s Ngetich breaks women-only half-marathon world record by a second · assertive framing

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Kenya’s Agnes Ngetich took a second off the women-only half-marathon world record on Sunday when she won the World Athletics Road Running Championships in Copenhagen, stopping the clock at one hour, five minutes, and 15 seconds. asserted
she → take → hour
Ngetich, who also broke the women-only 10km (6.2-mile) world record last year, pushed to the front from the outset on a sunny morning in the Danish capital and led until the end, finishing 50 seconds ahead of compatriot Veronica Loleo, who came in second. asserted
who → break → second
The previous record was set by Peres Jepchirchir, another Kenyan, when she won the World Half Marathon title in Poland in 2020. asserted
she → set → 2020
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The overall women’s half-marathon world record is held by Ethiopia’s Letesenbet Gidey, who clocked 1:02:52 in 2021 at the mixed-gender Valencia Half Marathon in Spain. asserted
who → hold → Spain
Sunday’s win was the latest major title this year for the 25-year-old Ngetich, who also won the team half marathon in Copenhagen and the World Cross Country Championships in Florida in the US in January. asserted
who → win → January
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