Ethiopia's Tigst Assefa also set a course record with a personal best last year.
Ethiopia's Tigst Assefa shattered the women's marathon world record in Berlin on Sunday, lopping off more than two minutes from the previous best to clock an official time of two hours 11 minutes and 53 seconds.
Tigist Assefa from Ethiopia wins the race with the new world record of 2:11:52h during the 2023 BMW Berlin-Marathon on September 24, 2023 in Berlin, Germany.Ethiopia's Tigst Assefa shattered the women's marathon world record in Berlin on Sunday, lopping off more than two minutes from the previous best to clock an official time of two hours 11 minutes and 53 seconds.
Her remarkable victory overshadowed men's world record holder Eliud Kipchoge's record fifth victory on Berlin's quick and flat inner-city course. Assefa, who only started racing marathons in April last year, made her intentions clear from the start with a lightning-quick pace of her own.
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