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Letesenbet Gidey Shatters the Half Marathon World Record in ValenciaNew women’s half marathon world record run by 22-year-old Yalemzerf Yehualaw of Ethiopia at the Antrim Coast Half Marathon in Northern Ireland on Sunday in 1:03:44.
In her debut at the distance, Letesenbet Gidey obliterated the women’s half marathon world record, winning the Valencia Half Marathon Trinidad Alfonso in 1:02:52. The Ethiopian’s performance on Sunday, October 24 improved on the previous world record—1:04:02, set by Ruth Chepngetich in Istanbul in April—by 70 seconds, pending ratification.