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The specification for the women's javelin changed in 1999. With the old model, Fatima Whitbread threw 77.44 m in 1986. Pentathlon: 4402 pts Sue Longden: 24 May 1980 Birmingham, United Kingdom Heptathlon: 6981 pts Katarina Johnson-Thompson: 2–4 October 2019 World Championships: Doha, Qatar [79]
Leslie Mary Broadfoot Watson (February 4, 1945 - January 1, 2024) was a British long-distance runner, physiotherapist, and powerlifter. She helped establish women's presence in long-distance running in the UK, being the first Scotswoman to officially run a marathon, winning over 60 marathons, and popularizing women's participation in the sport.
the UK Athletics Championships which existed from 1977 until 1997 and ran concurrently with the AAA Championships. [ 2 ] The AAA Championships were open to international athletes but those athletes were not considered the National Champion in this list if they won the relevant Championship, with the highest ranking British athlete given that title.
Peres Jepchirchir was the women's winner of the 2024 London Marathon, and her time of two hours, 16 minutes and 16 seconds broke the women's only world record (that is, the world record for the fastest time by a female marathon runner without using male pace makers). [4] [5]
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In 2013, Oakes became the fastest female in aggregate time to complete a marathon on each continent (23h:27m:40s); [2] the fastest female in aggregate time to complete a marathon on each continent and the North Pole (28h:20m:50s); [3] and the fastest female in elapsed time to complete a marathon on each continent and the North Pole (225 days and 18 hours). [4]
In 2020, she competed in the women's half marathon at the 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships held in Gdynia, Poland. [ 2 ] On 3 December 2022, Harrison set a new parkrun record for the fastest female with a time of 15 minutes 37 seconds at Long Eaton parkrun.
In 2015, Paris began to be more prominent in ultra distance running. In April that year, she set a new women's record of 11:09 in the Fellsman, finishing fourth overall, [20] [21] and in June, she was the first female finisher and second overall in the five-day Dragon's Back Race in Wales. [22] [23]