Injured Assefa narrowly misses world record in Berlin

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BBC News · collected 2026-09-27 · by Tasnim Chowdhury

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Tigst Assefa, an injured Ethiopian athlete who won silver at the Paris Olympics in 2024, narrowly missed breaking the women’s world marathon record during Sunday’s Berlin Marathon. Despite suffering from injury towards the end, she secured first place with a time of two hours eleven minutes and four seconds, setting both her personal best and the new Berlin course record. Her race initially showed signs of potentially shattering Ruth Chepngetich's current world record of 2:09:56 set in Chicago but was affected by Assefa’s physical strain towards the finish line.

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At the Berlin Marathon on Sunday, Ethiopian runner Tigst Assefa won but missed breaking the women's world record due to a leg injury. Assefa was leading comfortably until 40 kilometers when she suffered an Achilles tendon rupture and limped over the finish line in an unofficial time of 2:11:04. Her representative said that continuing despite pain "destroyed" her right Achilles tendon completely. Meanwhile, Guye Adola from Ethiopia won the men's race with a time of 2:02:50, his second victory there after 2021. The event was marred by high temperatures in previous years but ideal conditions this time around.

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🔮 - Published An injured Tigst Assefa hobbled over the line at the Berlin Marathon on Sunday after looking set to smash the women's world record. The Ethiopian still won with the third-fastest time in history in two hours 11 minutes four seconds.

2026-09-27 · assertive framing · Injured Assefa narrowly misses world record in Berlin

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Chicago Marathon Ethiopian Kenyan the Berlin Marathon the Paris Olympics

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Ethiopian NORP · 2× Assefa PERSON · 1× Bedatu Hirpa PERSON · 1× Berlin GPE · 1× Dera Dida PERSON · 1× Ethiopia GPE · 1× Guye Adola PERSON · 1× Kenyan NORP · 1× Ruth Chepngetich PERSON · 1× Tigst Assefa PERSON · 1×

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- Published An injured Tigst Assefa hobbled over the line at the Berlin Marathon on Sunday after looking set to smash the women's world record. The Ethiopian still won with the third-fastest time in history in two hours 11 minutes four seconds.

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Injured Assefa narrowly misses world record in Berlin · assertive framing

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Ethiopian → publish → hours

But the 29-year-old, a silver medallist at the Paris Olympics two years ago, had been cruising to a new record before fading in the final stages. asserted

old → cruise → stages

Kenyan athlete Ruth Chepngetich's time of 2:09:56, set at the 2024 Chicago Marathon, remains the world record time, though that result is overshadowed by the three-year doping ban she received in 2025. asserted

she → set → 2025

Assefa, the 2026 London Marathon winner, started rapidly and led the field by a minute at the 15km mark. asserted

Assefa → start → mark

She was ahead of the record pace at 35km and is a renowned fast finisher - but began to suffer clear discomfort and her pace slowed. asserted

pace → begin → discomfort

However she still broke the Berlin course record of 2:11:53 that she set in 2023 - which was also her previous personal best. asserted

which → break → 2023

In addition, she improved on her time of 2:15:41 at the London Marathon earlier this year. asserted

she → improve → Marathon

Guye Adola - another Ethiopian - won the men's race with a time of 2:02:50. asserted

Adola → win → 2:02:50

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