VALENCIA: Ethiopia’s Yomif Kejelcha broke the men’s half marathon world record on Sunday, finishing in 57:30s at the Medio Maraton de Valencia in Spain to shave one second off the previous mark.
That was set by Kenya’s Jacop Kiplimo in Lisbon in 2021.
The 27-year-old Kejelcha, running only his sixth half marathon, settled in behind the pacemakers from the start before making his move around the three-kilometre mark.
Kejelcha, who holds the world indoor mile record, broke away from Kenyans Daniel Mateiko and Isaia Kipkoech to win the race in record time.