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Kenyan breaks women-only half marathon world record by a second

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Kenyan breaks women-only half marathon world record by a second. (2026, September 20). ABC News (AU). https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-21/kenya-agnes-ngetich-women-only-half-marathon/107175366

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Agnes Ngetich of Kenya broke the women-only half marathon world record by one second, running 1:05:15 to win gold at the World Athletics Road Running Championships in Copenhagen. This surpasses the previous mark set by Peres Jepchirchir in 2020.
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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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Copenhagen Kenya the World Athletics Road Running Championships

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Agnes Ngetich PERSON · 2× Kenya GPE · 2× Copenhagen GPE · 1× Ngetich PERSON · 1× Peres Jepchirchir PERSON · 1×

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Kenya's Agnes Ngetich breaks women-only half marathon world record by a second In short: Kenya's Agnes Ngetich set a world record in the women-only half marathon.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-09-20
2026-09-20 · ABC News (AU)
Kenyan breaks women-only half marathon world record by a second · assertive framing

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Kenya's Agnes Ngetich breaks women-only half marathon world record by a second In short: Kenya's Agnes Ngetich set a world record in the women-only half marathon. asserted
Ngetich → break → marathon
She ran 1:05.15 in winning gold at the World Athletics Road Running Championships in Copenhagen. asserted
She → run → Copenhagen
Ngetich took a second off the previous world record, set by Peres Jepchirchir in 2020. asserted
Ngetich → take → 2020
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