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Kenya's Rosemary Wanjiru takes second position in women's marathon in Berlin behind Ethiopia's Tigist Assefa

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Ethiopian Tigist Assefa wins the women's race in a course record 2:15:37 [Twitter]

Tigist Assefa of Ethiopia on Sunday shattered her Personal Best by 18 minutes to win the women's marathon in Berlin ahead of Kenya's Rosemary Wanjiru and Ethiopia's Tigist Abayechew.

Assefa won the race in 2:15:37, the third-fastest time in history. Only Brigid Kosgei (2:14:14 in Chicago in 2019) and Paula Radcliffe (2:15:25 in London in 2003) have gone faster.

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