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Peres Jepchirchir’s world half-marathon record now ratified

Peres Jepchirchir after winning the World Half Marathon in Poland on October 17, 2020. [World Athletics]

Peres Jepchirchir’s women-only world half-marathon record of 1:05:16, set at the World Athletics Half Marathon Championships in Gdynia on October 17 2020, has been ratified.

For the first time in history, the top six women all finished under 66 minutes in the same race, and the top three all beat Jepchirchir’s previous women-only world record mark of 1:05:34 which had been set in Prague just over a month before, on September 5.

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