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Letesenbet Gidey (Tigrinya: ለተሰንበት ግደይ, born 20 March 1998) [3] is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. In the 10,000 metres, she is the 2020 Tokyo Olympic bronze medallist, 2019 World silver medallist, and 2022 World champion. Her record of 29.01.03 is the second fastest time ever, just recently broken by Kenyan rival Beatrice ...
Kejelcha broke Ugandan Jacob Kiplimo's previous world record of 57:31, set on 21 November 2021 in the Lisbon Half Marathon, by one second. [4] The women's record is 1:02:52, set by Letesenbet Gidey on 24 October 2021, at the Valencia Half Marathon. The previous record of 1:04:02 was set by Ruth Chepngetich of Kenya on 4 April 2021, in Istanbul ...
Jacob Kiplimo (born 14 November 2000) [1] is a Ugandan long-distance runner. At the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and the 2022 World Athletics Championships , Kiplimo won a bronze medal in the 10,000 m events.
Jacob Kiplimo 40:27+ (2021) Women: Letesenbet Gidey 44:20 (2019) The 15K run (15 kilometers, or approximately 9.32 miles) is a long-distance foot race.
On 19 February 2022, the record was broken by Cheptegei's compatriot Jacob Kiplimo, who ran a 15 km split of 40:43 min at the Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon. [17] Cheptegei was the winner of the senior men's race at the 2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Aarhus, Denmark. He won in 31:40 on the 10.24 km course.
An advertisement for the 2007 race. The inaugural edition of the race in 1984 featured only an 11.9 kilometre course as the Dutch athletics federation (Koninklijke Nederlandse Atletiek Unie) would not allow new races to be longer than 12 km. [3] The current undulating, hilly course begins in Nijmegen, follows a path to Groesbeek and then loops back towards Nijmegen to the finish line. [1]
Jacob Kiplimo 54:29 (2021) Women: Letesenbet Gidey 59:35 (2021) The 20K run (20 kilometres, or approximately 12.4 miles) is a long distance foot race.
On 24 October 2021, Letesenbet Gidey ran a time of 1:02:52, breaking Ruth Chepn'getich's previous world record of 1:04:02 by over one minute. [12] On 27 October 2024, Yomif Kejelcha ran a time of 57:30 to break Jacob Kiplimo's previous world record of 57:31 set in 2021. [13]