Hellen Obiri ran the 10th fastest ever women's half marathon and Rodgers Kwemoi broke the course record to win the N Kolay Istanbul Half Marathon, a World Athletics Elite Label road race, on Sunday (27).
Both races got off to a blistering start and while the early world record pace could not be maintained on a sunny and breezy morning, Kenya's Obiri and Kwemoi held on to triumph by a big margin, beating two stong fields.
Two-time world 5000m champion Obiri ran 1:04:48 to win the women's race by more than a minute ahead of Ethiopia&rsquo;s Tsehay Gemechu and Bekelech Gudeta, while Kwemoi improved the men's course record to 59:15 to beat his training partner Daniel Mateiko (1:00:05) and Emmanuel Bor, who had started the race as a pacemaker.
The N Kolay Istanbul Half Marathon was one of the few international races that went ahead last year during the pandemic and it ended with a world record by Ruth Chepngetich, the world marathon champion running 1:04:02. Since then, that women's world record has been improved to 1:02:52 by Letesenbet Gidey in Valencia and it was that mark the leaders were on target for in the early stages.
Running with a male pacemaker, Obiri was joined by Gemechu as they passed 5km in 14:45, putting them on a projected pace of just outside 62 minutes, with Ethiopia&rsquo;s Bekelech Gudeta and Kenya&rsquo;s Vicoty Chepngeno running together 10 seconds behind them. Turkey&rsquo;s Yasemin Can was another 10 seconds back.
Speeding up further still, it was no surprise to see Obiri open a gap on Gemechu, but that pace could not be sustained in the windy conditions and the world cross-country champion had slowed by the 10km point, although that was still passed in 30:01. By that stage she was half a minute ahead of Gemechu, who had been caught by Chepngeno and Gudeta.
Obiri continued to forge ahead, passing 15km in 45:27 and 20km in 1:01:16 to eventually win in 1:04:48, improving both her time and position from the event 12 months earlier, when she was third behind Chepngetich in 1:04:51 &ndash; the fastest debut half marathon in history. Obiri currently sits fifth on the world all-time list with the 1:04:22 she ran to finish second at the Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon last month.
Gemechu, who won last year&rsquo;s Copenhagen Half Marathon in a PB of 1:05:08, battled the challenge posed by Chepngeno and Gudeta and solo ran her way to second place in 1:05:52. Gudeta was third in 1:06:35, Chepngeno fourth in 1:06:58 and Can fifth in 1:07:57. The top 11 finished inside 70 minutes, while Moira Stewartova was just outside that and broke the Czech Republic record with 1:10:14 to finish 12th.
"It was so windy during the second half. I would have been able to run quite a bit faster without the wind, but it was nonetheless a good race," said Obiri, who now switches her attention to shorter road races.
"I want to run the 5000m at the World Championships since I am the defending champion. My first marathon will then more likely follow in 2023."
The men&rsquo;s race leaders were also on pace to break Jacob Kiplimo&rsquo;s world record of 57:31 set in Lisbon last year in the opening kilometres and Kwemoi, Mateiko and their compatriot Bor were just off that tempo through 5km in 13:40. 
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 That trio remained together as 10km was passed in 27:35 but then Kwemoi began to move away. The tempo was easing but he was still well in control, with a 20-second lead at 15km, which he passed in 41:34.
That advantage had grown to 44 seconds by 20km (56:07) and he ran unchallenged to the finish line in 59:15 to improve the course record of 59:35 set by the then world record-holder Kibiwott Kandie last year.
Bor was 15 seconds behind runner-up Mateiko, running 1:00:20 for third place, while Kenya&rsquo;s Edmond Kipngetich and Brian Kwemoi finished fourth and fifth with respective times of 1:00:30 and 1:00:50.
The top 10 were all under 62 minutes, with Ramazan Ozdemir being Turkey&rsquo;s top finisher in 14th (1:04:02).
"It was a good race, but the wind was very strong and I also felt my hamstring at around 10km, so I could not go that fast any more," said Rodgers Kwemoi, who is a training partner of Eliud Kipchoge in Kaptagat.
"My next goal in the half marathon is a time of 58:00. But I will first focus on qualifying for the World Championships, where I want to run the 10,000m. I will run a marathon in future, but only after the Olympics."
The event featured a record number of more than 7000 starters.
Jess Whittington for World Athletics 
<h3>Leading results</h3>
Women
1 Hellen Obiri (KEN) 1:04:48 2 Tsehay Gemechu (ETH) 1:05:52 3 Bekelech Gudeta (ETH) 1:06:35 4 Vicoty Chepngeno (KEN) 1:06:58 5 Yasemin Can (TUR) 1:07:57
Men
1 Rodgers Kwemoi (KEN) 59:15 2 Daniel Mateiko (KEN) 1:00:05 3 Emmanuel Bor (KEN) 1:00:20 4 Edmond Kipngetich (KEN) 1:00:30 5 Brian Kwemoi (KEN) 1:00:50
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<h2>Bekele and Dalasa win in Rome</h2>
Ethiopia's Fikre Bekele and Sechale Dalasa claimed a double win at the 27th edition of the Acea Run Rome the Marathon, a World Athletics Label road race, on Sunday (27). 
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 Bekele crossed the finish line in 2:06:48, improving the previous course record of&nbsp;2:07:17 set by Kenya&rsquo;s Benjamin Kiptoo in 2009.
Bekele&rsquo;s compatriot Tadesse Temechachu finished runner up in 2:07:04, improving his previous lifetime best of 2:10:17 set in Kosice in 2016. Othmane El Goumri from Morocco, who finished ninth at the Olympic Games in Sapporo last year and was the fastest runner among the entrants with his PB of 2:06:18 set in Siena last year, completed the podium, taking third place in 2:07:16, also inside the previous course record. 
The top nine finishers dipped under the 2:10 barrier in a high-quality race.
The leading group &ndash; including Chesari Kirui Jacob, Ernest Ngeno, Bekele, Temechachu, El Goumri, Abraham Girma, Alemayehu Mekonen, Joshua Kogo and Samuel Naibei Kiplimo &ndash; set off at a fast pace, reaching 15km in 44:29. They went through the half way mark in 1:02:49 and 30km in 1:30:05.
El Goumri launched the first attack at 31km. The leading pack was whittled down to just five runners: Bekele, Temechachu, El Goumri, Girma and Jacob.&nbsp;
Only El Goumri, Bekele and Temechachu remained in the front group and reached 35km in 1:45:10. Bekele and Temechachu broke away from El Goumri at 39km. Bekele launched his decisive kick with 2km to go and continued pushing the pace until the end to cross the finish line at the Fori Imperiali in 2:06:48, recording the second fastest time of his career. He ran faster in 2019 when he finished fourth in Seoul in 2:06:27. Later that year he won the Frankfurt Marathon in 2:07:08.
"I realised at 35km that I could win the race," he said. "I felt in good shape and I launched my attack at 40km."&nbsp;
In the women's race, Dalasa, Getnet Tsegaw from Ethiopia and Kenya's Gladys Kiptoo formed the leading group in the early stages. Dalasa picked up the pace at 15km, running at 2:22 marathon pace. 
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 The Ethiopian runner went through the half way mark in 1:11:11, with a lead of 30 seconds over Kiptoo. Dalasa remained alone at the front, reaching 32km in 1:48:50. She slowed down in the final stages of the race, but held on to cross the finish line in 2:26:09 with a huge margin of 2:36 over Kiptoo, who clocked 2:28:45 on her debut over the marathon distance. 
Nedi Tadelech finished third in 2:31:01.
Dalasa improved her previous PB of 2:26:27 set in Shanghai in 2012.
Diego Sampaolo for World Athletics 
<h3>Leading results</h3>
Women
1 Sechale Dalasa (ETH) 2:26:09 2 Gladys Kiptoo (KEN) 2:28:45 3&nbsp;Nedi Tadelech (ETH) 2:31:01 4 Yeshimebet Tadesse Bifa (ETH) 2:32:16 5 Rahma Tahiri (ETH) 2:32:37
Men
1 Fikre Bekele (ETH) 2:06:48 2 Tadesse Temechachu (ETH) 2:07:04 3 Othmane El Goumri (MAR) 2:07:16 4 Abraham Girma Bekele (Ethiopia) 2:08:31 5 Chesari Kirui Jacob (KEN) 2:08:40
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Obiri runs the 10th fastest ever women's half marathon, while Kwemoi breaks the course record.

Obiri and Kwemoi claim half marathon crowns in Istanbul

Hellen Obiri is back in Turkey for the N Kolay Istanbul Half Marathon where strong elite fields have been assembled for the World Athletics Elite Label road race on Sunday (27).
The world cross-country and two-time world 5000m champion from Kenya is one of six women in the field with a sub-67-minute PB. Meanwhile, fellow Kenyans Daniel Mateiko and Rodgers Kwemoi &ndash; whose PBs are just four seconds apart &ndash; lead the men&rsquo;s field. <a href="https://www.istanbulyarimaratonu.com/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The races will be live streamed on the official website for the race</a>.
Last year Obiri finished third in Istanbul in 1:04:51 &ndash; the fastest debut half marathon in history. Since then she has reduced her PB to 1:04:22 at the Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon and she&rsquo;s ready for another fast race this weekend.
&ldquo;If weather conditions and pacemaking are good then I will try to break my personal best,&rdquo; said the 32-year-old. &ldquo;Whenever I come to such a race it is my goal to run well and improve my time. I am in much better form now than I was before Ras Al Khaimah. The course record will be a tough challenge, but we have a very strong field, so we will definitely give it a try.&rdquo;
She&rsquo;ll face stiff opposition in Istanbul. Fellow Kenyan Vicoty Chepngeno has won 11 of her past 12 half marathons. Her most recent victory came in Houston earlier this year, where she set a lifetime best of 1:05:03. One month later, she reduced her 10km PB to 30:14.
Tsehay Gemechu, winner of last year&rsquo;s Copenhagen Half Marathon with a PB of 1:05:08, appears to be Obiri&rsquo;s strongest opponent. The 23-year-old is a formidable competitor at this distance, having won four of her five half marathons to date.
Nigsti Haftu, who has a 1:06:17 PB and recently won the Paris Half Marathon, should also be in contention, as should Bekelech Gudeta, who finished eighth at the 2018 World Half Marathon Championships and last year set a PB of 1:06:54 in Istanbul.
Yasemin Can has contested just three half marathons to date, but has a PB of 1:06:20 and has proven herself to be a strong opponent when winning numerous continental titles.
Daniel Mateiko and Rodgers Kwemoi are used to running alongside one another, as they are training partners, based in Kaptagat where they also train with Eliud Kipchoge. Given their closely matched PBs of 58:26 and 58:30 respectively, Mateiko and Kwemoi will likely be side by side for most of Sunday&rsquo;s race, where the course record of 59:35 could come under threat.
&ldquo;I am now in better form than I was in Ras Al Khaimah,&rdquo; said Kwemoi of the race where he set his PB.
Two other runners in the field have sub-60-minute PBs: Kenyans Josphat Tanui (59:22) and Edmond Kipngetich (59:41).
A year ago the N Kolay Istanbul Half Marathon was one of very few international races that went ahead during the pandemic. 4000 runners participated under strict hygiene regulations. Now the organisers of the N Kolay Istanbul Half Marathon are proud to announce that the race bounced back: Including races at shorter distances, more than 10,000 runners have registered for this year&rsquo;s edition. About 8000 of them will run the half marathon. 
<h3>Elite field</h3>
Women Hellen Obiri (KEN) 1:04:22 Vicoty Chepngeno (KEN) 1:05:03 Tsehay Gemechu (ETH) 1:05:08 Nigsti Haftu (ETH) 1:06:17 Yasemin Can (TUR) 1:06:20 Bekelech Gudeta (ETH) 1:06:54 Pauline Esikon (KEN) 1:07:15 Stella Rutto (ROU) 1:07:45 Ayinadis Teshome (ETH) 1:08:18 Daisy Kimeli (KEN) 1:08:34 Medhin Gebreslassie (ETH) 1:08:38 Ludwina Chepngetich (KEN) 1:10:34 Moira Stewartova (CZE) 1:11:08 Fatma Karasu (TUR) 1:11:30 Kristina Hendel (CRO) 1:11:34
Men Daniel Mateiko (KEN) 58:26 Rodgers Kwemoi (KEN) 58:30 Josphat Tanui (KEN) 59:22 Edmond Kipngetich (KEN) 59:41 Hillary Kipchumba (KEN) 1:00:01 Vestus Chemjor (KEN) 1:00:47 Moses Too (KEN) 1:00:56 Philimon Kiptoo (KEN) 1:01:47 Daniel Kiprotich (KEN) 1:02:09 Gerald Vincent (KEN) 1:02:27 Ramazan &Ouml;zdemir (TUR) 1:03:10

Two-time world 5000m champion faces strong line-up

Obiri takes on Chepngeno and Gemechu in Istanbul

Uganda&rsquo;s Jacob Kiplimo and Ethiopia&rsquo;s Girmawit Gebrzihair ran course records to win the Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon on Saturday (19), clocking 57:56 and 1:04:14 respectively during another fast edition of the World Athletics Elite Label road race.
Kiplimo had gone into the race targeting his own world record of 57:31, which he set in Lisbon in November. The 21-year-old world half marathon champion, who finished third in the 10,000m and fifth in the 5000m at the Tokyo Olympics last year, was on blistering pace for much of the race, recording a split of 13:23 for 5km and then going through 10km in 26:56 &ndash; on target for a sub-57:00 half marathon. By that point he was 16 seconds ahead of Kenya&rsquo;s Rodgers Kwemoi, with a group including Kenneth Kiprop Renju, Alexander Mutiso, Daniel Kibet, Amedework Walelegn, Abel Kipchumba, Seifu Tura and Kennedy Kimutai another six seconds back.
Kiplimo&rsquo;s pace dropped slightly over the next 5km but he still passed 15km in 40:43, a time which beats the world 15km best of 41:05 which had been set by his compatriot Joshua Cheptegei in Nijmegen in 2018. Although the world half marathon record seemed to be moving out of reach, Kiplimo went through the 20km mark in 54:53, 33 seconds ahead of Kwemoi, before crossing the finish line in 57:56 to win by 34 seconds.
The fifth-fastest half marathon in history, it is the third occasion that Kiplimo has broken 58 minutes for the distance, a time that only three other athletes &ndash; Kenya&rsquo;s Kibiwott Kandie, Rhonex Kipruto and Mutiso &ndash; have ever achieved.
The top six athletes all beat the previous course record of 58:42, which had been set by Bedan Karoki in 2018 and then matched by Stephen Kiprop in 2019. Kenya&rsquo;s world 10,000m fourth-place finisher Kwemoi was second in 58:30, which moves him to 11th on the world all-time list, while his compatriot Renju was third in 58:35.
Ethiopia&rsquo;s Tura was one second back in fourth, with his compatriot Walelegn fifth in 58:40 and Kenya&rsquo;s Kibet sixth in 58:45. Mutiso and Kipchumba also dipped under 60 minutes, running 58:48 and 59:47 respectively. 
<h2>Gebrzihair wins on debut</h2>
Gebrzihair made a successful start to her half marathon career in the women's race, her course record of 1:04:14 being the second-fastest ever women&rsquo;s debut for the distance behind Letesenbet Gidey&rsquo;s world record of 1:02:52 run in Valencia in October.
The performance improves on the 1:04:31 course record &ndash; then a world record &ndash; set by Ababel Yeshaneh the last time the Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon was held in 2020. 
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 The 20-year-old&nbsp;Gebrzihair, who claimed world U20 5000m bronze in 2018 and recently finished second in the Great Ethiopian Run 10km, was joined by athletes including Kenya&rsquo;s two-time world 5000m champion Hellen Obiri and Sheila Chepkirui as well as Ethiopia&rsquo;s Bosena Mulate in an eight-strong group which went through 5km in 15:12. That pack was down to five athletes by the 10km point, which Gebrzihair, Obiri, Mulate, Chepkirui and Kenya&rsquo;s Judith Jeptum passed in 30:28.
Obiri, Gebrzihair and Chepkirui then broke away and went through 15km together in 45:50, before Chepkirui was dropped and the leaders clocked 1:01:04 through 20km. Gebrzihair kicked over the closing stages to secure success on her debut, eventually winning by eight seconds in 1:04:14 to Obiri&rsquo;s 1:04:22. Chepkirui was third in 1:04:36 and the top three in Ras Al Khaimah now respectively sit fourth, fifth and seventh on the world all-time list.
Jeptum finished fourth in 1:05:28 and Mulate fifth in 1:05:46. In sixth, Britain&rsquo;s Eilish McColgan ran 1:06:26 to break Paula Radcliffe's national record of 1:06:47, which had stood since 2001.
Kenya&rsquo;s Daisy Cherotich, Bahrain&rsquo;s Eunice Chebichii Chumba and Kenya's Pauline Esikon were all also under 68 minutes, with respective times of 1:06:33, 1:07:22 and 1:07:50.&nbsp;Yeshaneh was also in action but after passing 15km in 46:08, the former world record-holder did not finish the race.
Jess Whittington for World Athletics
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Jacob Kiplimo and Girmawit Gebrzihair clock 57:56 and 1:04:14 respectively at the World Athletics Elite Label road race.

Kiplimo and Gebrzihair break course records in Ras Al Khaimah

The strength of the Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon continues in 2022, with respective current and former world record-holders Jacob Kiplimo and Ababel Yeshaneh among those featuring in another set of deep fields announced for the World Athletics Elite Label road race on Saturday (19).
The pandemic prevented the event from taking place in 2021 but it returns this weekend with top clashes and fast times on the cards.
Yeshaneh broke the world record the last time the race was held, clocking 1:04:31 to finish clear ahead of marathon world record-holder Brigid Kosgei, who was also inside the previous women&rsquo;s mixed-race record. Since then, the mark has been taken to 1:02:52 by Letesenbet Gidey in Valencia.
Among those joining Ethiopia&rsquo;s Yeshaneh in targeting fast times in&nbsp;Ras Al Khaimah&nbsp;are her compatriot Genzebe Dibaba, plus Kenya&rsquo;s Hellen Obiri and Sheila Chepkirui.
After breaking the world record in Ras Al Khaimah in 2020, Yeshaneh went on to finish fifth in that year&rsquo;s World Athletics Half Marathon Championships in Gdynia and last November she placed third in the New York City Marathon. World 1500m record-holder Dibaba, meanwhile, returns to half marathon action for the first time since December 2020, when she won in Valencia in 1:05:18 for the fastest ever women&rsquo;s debut at the distance.
Two-time world 5000m champion Obiri also turns her attention back to the roads following another successful season on the track last year. After setting a half marathon PB of 1:04:51 in Istanbul in April, the two-time Olympic silver medallist went on to win the Great North Run half marathon in September and started her 2022 with a win at the World Athletics Cross Country Tour Silver event in Northern Ireland in January.
With a PB of 1:04:54, Chepkirui joins them and will be looking to build on her third-place finishes in the Valencia and Bahrain half marathons last year. Bahrain&rsquo;s Olympic marathon seventh-place finisher Eunice Chumba and Kenya&rsquo;s Daisy Cherotich, Judith Jeptum and Pauline Esikon line up alongside them, as does Britain&rsquo;s Eilish McColgan, who is back in action following her 14:48 5km in Dubai last weekend.
In the men&rsquo;s race, Uganda&rsquo;s Kiplimo races for the first time since setting his world record of 57:31 in Lisbon in November. That performance came towards the end of a year in which he also finished third in the 10,000m and fifth in the 5000m at the Tokyo Olympics.
This will be the world half marathon champion&rsquo;s first time racing in Ras Al Khaimah, with&nbsp;the lead pacemakers set to go through 10km in 27:10.&nbsp;Kiplimo&nbsp;will form part of a field featuring 18 men to have dipped under an hour for the distance and nine to have gone sub-59:00, including Kenya&rsquo;s 2021 Valencia Half Marathon winner Abel Kipchumba and Alexander Mutiso, who finished second in Ras Al Khaimah in 2020 and has a PB of 57:59.
Ethiopia&rsquo;s Amedework Walelegn, who claimed bronze at the World Half Marathon Championships behind winner Kiplimo in 2020, is another athlete returning to Ras Al Khaimah. Also featuring are Kenya&rsquo;s Philemon Kiplimo, Daniel Kibet, Kennedy Kimutai, Kelvin Kiptum, Mathew Kimeli and Rodgers Kwemoi, plus Ethiopia&rsquo;s Seifu Tura, Dawit Wolde and Asefa Mengstu.
Germany&rsquo;s Amanal Petros, who holds the national record of 1:00:09, is said to be targeting the European record of 59:13 set by Switzerland&rsquo;s Julien Wanders in Ras Al Khaimah in 2019.
The women&rsquo;s and men&rsquo;s races will be run at the same time, starting at 7am local time.
World Athletics

Deep fields have again been announced for the World Athletics Elite Label road race

Yeshaneh and Kiplimo star in strong Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon fields

Women&rsquo;s world half marathon record (mixed race) 1:02:52 Letesenbet Gidey (ETH) Valencia 24 October 2021
Men&rsquo;s world half marathon record 57:31 Jacob Kiplimo (UGA) Lisbon 21 November 2021
The world half marathon records set by Ethiopia&rsquo;s Letesenbet Gidey and Uganda&rsquo;s Jacob Kiplimo last year have been ratified.
Gidey ran 1:02:52 at the Valencia Half Marathon Trinidad Alfonso EDP when making her debut at the distance on 24 October, while Kiplimo clocked 57:31 at the EDP Lisbon Half Marathon on 21 November.
Gidey, competing in the same Spanish city where she had broken the world 5000m record in 2020, took 70 seconds off the previous world half marathon record of 1:04:02 set by Kenya's world marathon champion Ruth Chepngetich in Istanbul on 4 April 2021.
As a result, 23-year-old Gidey became the first woman to officially break the 64- and 63-minute barriers for the half marathon. She was also the first debutante to set a world record for the distance.
&ldquo;I knew I could run this kind of time as my training sessions in the altitude of Addis Abeba have gone very well,&rdquo; said Gidey, the Olympic bronze medallist and world silver medallist over 10,000m. &ldquo;In future I&rsquo;m thinking of competing at the marathon distance but I&rsquo;m not sure that will come before the Paris 2024 Olympic Games or later."
Less than a month later, world half marathon champion Kiplimo won his race by more than two minutes to shave one second from the previous world record set by Kenya&rsquo;s Kibiwott Kandie in Valencia on 6 December 2020.
Having reached the 10km point in 27:05, Kiplimo was well on schedule to break the record and his 15km split time of 40:27 was the fastest ever recorded for the distance.
"With one kilometre to go, I knew that I was going to break the world record," said Kiplimo, the Olympic 10,000m bronze medallist. "When I was on the final straight and saw the clock, I gave it all I had and told myself I had to sprint fast to reach the finish line."
World Athletics

Gidey's 1:02:52 and Kiplimo's 57:31 are now officially in the record books

Ratified: world half marathon records for Gidey and Kiplimo

Keira D'Amato broke the long-standing US women&rsquo;s marathon record, while Kenya&rsquo;s Vicoty Chepngeno set a North American all-comers&rsquo;&nbsp;half marathon record to move to 11th on the world all-time list and Sara Hall broke the US half marathon record on a busy morning of road race action in Houston on Sunday (16).
At the 50th Chevron Houston Marathon and Aramco Houston Half Marathon &ndash; both World Athletics Elite Label events &ndash; D'Amato became the first US woman to win the Houston Marathon since 2005 and she did so in a national record time of 2:19:12. That followed the record-breaking performances achieved by Chepngeno and Hall in the half marathon, as they clocked respective times of 1:05:03 and 1:07:15.
On a cold and sunny day, the men&rsquo;s races were won by Kenya&rsquo;s James Ngandu, who ran 2:11:03 to claim victory on his marathon debut, and Ethiopia&rsquo;s Milkesa Mengesha, who took the half marathon title in 1:00:24. 
<h2>D'Amato dominates</h2>
Speaking after her record run, D'Amato described her running career as having been &ldquo;very unique&rdquo; but her journey over the past couple of decades has led to some remarkable results.
The 37-year-old stepped away from the sport for seven years between 2009 and 2016 and returned as a &ldquo;hobby jogger&rdquo; but went on to set a marathon PB of 2:22:56 and a North American 10-mile record of 51:23 in 2020 before a fourth-place finish in last year&rsquo;s Chicago Marathon and a half marathon PB of 1:07:55 last month. Now she&rsquo;s also the fastest US women's marathon runner in history.
D'Amato always had Deena Kastor&rsquo;s US marathon record of 2:19:36, set in London in 2006, in her sights, and she went out with her two pacemakers on schedule to break it. She went through 5km in 16:25, joined by Ethiopia&rsquo;s three-time Houston Marathon winner Biruktayit Eshetu Degefa, and they remained close through 10km in 32:45 and 15km in 49:14.
Degefa was unable to maintain that speed, however, and was 20 seconds behind D'Amato at half way, when the clock read 1:09:40 as she remained on US record pace.&nbsp;D'Amato&nbsp;slowed a little and reached 30km in 1:39:14 but, running with pacemaker Calum Neff, she managed to pick back up again and eventually crossed the finish line in 2:19:12 for a huge victory, winning by almost 10 minutes ahead of Great Britain&rsquo;s Alice Wright and the USA&rsquo;s Maggie Montoya, who both recorded the same time on their marathon debuts, Wright getting the nod in 2:29:08.
The USA&rsquo;s Roberta Groner was fourth in 2:32:02 and Ethiopia&rsquo;s two-time Chicago Marathon winner Atsede Baysa fifth in 2:32:38.
&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think I&rsquo;m going to be able to find the right words to describe what I&rsquo;m feeling right now, but I&rsquo;ll try!&rdquo; said D'Amato after the race. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve had a very unique running career and my running has evolved throughout my life. I have experienced high school running and college running, I tried post-collegiate running a little bit and got injured. Then I quit running for a while and came in as a hobby jogger, a recreational runner, and somehow I got this second opportunity. It had been wild. I just can&rsquo;t believe I&rsquo;m sitting here as the American record-holder in the marathon.&rdquo;
Asked what she thought might be possible ahead of the race, she added: &ldquo;Anything is possible. With the pacers, we went out at American record pace and I really believed in my heart and in my legs, in my soul and in my brain, that I was capable of breaking the American record today. It never really felt that good, but I just tried to hang in there.&rdquo;
In the men&rsquo;s marathon, Ngandu progressed from his ninth and 18th-place finishes in the half marathon in Houston to win the marathon on his debut at the distance.
He later admitted that being part of a large group until the closing stages had made him nervous, but he stuck to his plan of kicking over the final kilometre and it paid off.
Ngandu, who previously ran for Tiffin University in Ohio, was part of an eight-strong group, led by the USA&rsquo;s Frank Lara, that went through half way in 1:05:29, and that pack remained through 30km in 1:33:57.
He made a move after 41km and crossed the finish line in 2:11:03 to win by seven seconds ahead of Bahrain&rsquo;s Abdi Abdo. Kenya&rsquo;s Elisha Barno claimed third place in 2:11:16, with Japan&rsquo;s Kenta Uchida two seconds back and Ethiopia&rsquo;s defending champion Kelkile Gezahegn a further second behind in fifth. Lara went on to secure sixth in 2:11:32.
&ldquo;I&rsquo;m surprised,&rdquo; said Ngandu. &ldquo;The marathon is not an easy journey but I&rsquo;ve been training for 12 weeks and I didn&rsquo;t know that I was going to win.
&ldquo;It was tough to make a decision (to break away during the race) because I think there was seven of us together and I didn&rsquo;t want to make a move and my body fail on me, so I waited until the last kilometre or so.&rdquo; 
<h2>All-comers&rsquo; record for Chepngeno as Hall also makes history</h2>
Like&nbsp;D'Amato in the marathon, Chepngeno also had the race of her life to win the women&rsquo;s half marathon. Less than two months after running 1:07:22 in Philadelphia, the 28-year-old improved to 1:05:03 for the fastest ever women&rsquo;s half marathon recorded on&nbsp;North American&nbsp;soil, moving her to 11th on the world all-time list.
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With her performance she improves on the previous North American all-comers&rsquo;&nbsp;half marathon record of 1:05:50 set by marathon world record-holder Brigid Kosgei on the same course in 2019.
A couple of minutes behind her, Hall also made history as she took 10 seconds off the US record of 1:07:25 which had been set by Molly Huddle on the same course in 2018.
Leading from start to finish, Chepngeno was half a minute ahead of her closest challenger, Caren Maiyo, by the 5km mark, which she crossed in 15:15. Hall was 48 seconds back, running as part of a five-strong group plus pacemakers. Chepngeno had increased her lead to 1:21 by 10km, as she clocked 30:32, and the gap grew to 1:46 by the 15km point, which she crossed in 46:04. At that stage three women were on US record pace, with Hall joined by Fiona O&rsquo;Keeffe and Emily Durgin, plus South Africa&rsquo;s Dominique Scott, all on 1:07:18 pace.
Chepngeno&rsquo;s advantage grew to two minutes over the next 5km, as she passed 20km in 1:01:45, with Hall having broken away in second to record 1:03:52 at that point. Both athletes held on to make history, with Chepngeno running her all-comers&rsquo; record of 1:05:30 and Hall breaking the US record with 1:07:15. With her record run, Hall matched the feat achieved by her husband, Ryan Hall, who set the US men&rsquo;s half marathon record of 59:43 on the same course in 2007.
Scott finished third, improving her PB to 1:07:32, while O&rsquo;Keeffe finished fourth on her half marathon debut, running 1:07:42. Another debutante, Great Britain&rsquo;s Jess Judd, finished fifth in 1:07:52, meaning she now has PBs ranging from sub-2:00 in the 800m to sub-68 minutes in the half marathon.
&ldquo;I am so happy about this race,&rdquo; said Chepngeno, who was making her Houston Half Marathon debut and has now won 11 of her past 12 half marathons. &ldquo;I went with the pace and I felt good because I wanted to run my best time, so I said let me follow the men to push me to run a good time.&rdquo;
Hall, the 2020 London Marathon runner-up and 2021 Chicago Marathon third-place finisher, said: &ldquo;It&rsquo;s incredible. I&rsquo;m emotional right now because it&rsquo;s something I have dreamed about doing.
&ldquo;I thought it would be really special to do it today, with it being 15 years since Ryan set the record here,&rdquo; added the 38-year-old. &ldquo;That day changed our lives forever. It launched his career and our lives were never the same after that day. Fifteen years later, to be able to do that, it also shows the story of our careers. For him, he just knocked it out of the park from the beginning, and then for me, it has taken 15 years of grinding and persevering to get to this point."
While Chepngeno and Hall both have much half marathon experience, the men&rsquo;s race was won by a relative newcomer, with Mengesha claiming victory in his third half marathon. The 21-year-old, who won the 2019 world U20 cross country title and was 10th in the Olympic 5000m final, moved away from Kenya&rsquo;s John Korir in the closing stages to triumph in 1:00:24, despite struggling with the cold conditions.
A large group went through 10km in 29:04 and 15km in 43:19 before Mengesha and Korir started to break away. They passed the 20km mark in 57:28 and Mengesha went on to gain a two-second advantage to win in 1:00:24, with Wilfred Kimitei finishing third behind his compatriot Korir in 1:00:44. Making his half marathon debut, the USA&rsquo;s Kirubel Erassa finished fourth in the same time. He later said he had been targeting Hall&rsquo;s US record but was pleased with his performance, having had Covid-19 two weeks earlier.
Kenya&rsquo;s Shadrack Kimining Korir, who was third in 2020, this time placed fifth in 1:00:53.
&ldquo;It was bitingly cold at the beginning and actually I thought that I would not be able to win,&rdquo; said Mengesha. &ldquo;However, things started getting warmer and more than the weather, the support that we had from the fans was overwhelming, and that&rsquo;s what gave me the energy and push to emerge victorious.&rdquo;
Jess Whittington for World Athletics

Keira D'Amato broke the long-standing US women’s marathon record, while Kenya’s Vicoty Chepngeno set a North American all-comers’ half marathon record to move to 11th on the world all-time list and Sara Hall broke the US half marathon record on a busy morning of road race action in Houston on Sunday (16).

D'Amato and Chepngeno impress as records fall in Houston

A look back at the key moments of 2021 in road running

2021 review: road running

Ethiopia&rsquo;s Gotytom&nbsp;Gebreslase and Kenya&rsquo;s Philemon Kiplimo claimed victory at the Bahrain Royal International Night Half Marathon &ndash; a World Athletics Label road race &ndash; when the event returned for its second edition on Sunday (12).
After running 2:20:09 to triumph when making her marathon debut in Berlin in September, Gebreslase achieved another impressive result as she improved her half marathon PB to 1:05:36 in Manama to win by 11 seconds ahead of home favourite Kalkidan Gezahegne &ndash; the Olympic 10,000m silver medallist who was making her half marathon debut after breaking the world 10km record with 29:38 in Geneva in October.
The men&rsquo;s race was much closer, with Kiplimo outsprinting his compatriot Collins Koros to the tape &ndash; both athletes recording a time of 1:00:01. 
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 The women&rsquo;s race had got off to a blistering start, with Gebreslase and Gezahegne both part of a group which passed the 5km mark in 14:53, well inside world record pace. The race also featured Kenya&rsquo;s former world record-holder Ruth Chepngetich, who had run 1:04:02 in Istanbul in April and won October&rsquo;s Chicago Marathon in 2:22:31, but she ran to around 17km in Manama and did not finish.
Following the fast start, Gebreslase and Gezahegne maintained their pace through 10km, with the clock showing 29:49 &ndash; four seconds off the split recorded by Ethiopia&rsquo;s Letesenbet Gidey en route to the 1:02:52 women&rsquo;s half marathon record she set in Valencia in October.
The wind had been behind them during the first half of the race and as they looped back the pace dropped, with Gebreslase passing 15km in 45:47 and Gezahegne following five seconds behind her. Chepngetich&rsquo;s race came to an end a couple of kilometres later.
Gebreslase had increased her lead to 11 seconds by the finish, with the top two clear ahead of the rest of the field. Sheila Kiprotich secured third place in 1:07:01 and was followed by her Kenyan compatriots Irene Cheptai, who was four seconds back, and Daisy Cherotich, who ran 1:07:11, with a total of 11 athletes finishing inside 68 minutes.
Kiplimo led a Kenyan top five in the men&rsquo;s race and had formed part of a lead group which followed the pacemakers through 5km in 13:58 and 10km in 27:35.
A seven-strong pack passed 15km in 42:24 and things remained close until the final stages, with Kiplimo edging ahead to deny Koros, and Mathew Kimeli finishing third just three seconds back.
Titus Mbishei finished fourth in 1:00:23, one second ahead of Geoffrey Koech, while Ethiopia&rsquo;s Jemal Yimer was sixth in 1:00:29.
World Athletics, with assistance from&nbsp;Alberto Stretti
<h3>Leading results</h3>
Women 1&nbsp;Gotytom Gebreslase (ETH)&nbsp;1:05:36 2&nbsp;Kalkidan Gezahegne (BRN)&nbsp;1:05:47 3&nbsp;Sheila Kiprotich (KEN) 1:07:01&nbsp; 4 Irene Cheptai (KEN)&nbsp;1:07:05 5 Daisy Cherotich (KEN) 1:07:11
Men 1&nbsp;Philemon Kiplimo (KEN)&nbsp;1:00:01 2&nbsp;Collins Koros (KEN)&nbsp;1:00:01 3&nbsp;Mathew Kimeli (KEN)&nbsp;1:00:04 4 Titus Mbishei (KEN) 1:00:23 5 Geoffrey Koech (KEN)&nbsp;1:00:24
<a href="https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-label-road-races/calendar-results/7160235/result" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Full results</a>

Ethiopia’s Gotytom Gebreslase and Kenya’s Philemon Kiplimo claimed victory at the World Athletics Label road race.

Gebreslase and Kiplimo win Bahrain Half Marathon

Uganda&rsquo;s Jacob Kiplimo broke the world record* at the EDP Lisbon Half Marathon on Sunday (21), clocking 57:31 at the World Athletics Label road race.
The world half marathon champion won by more than two minutes and took one second off the previous world record set by Kenya&rsquo;s Kibiwott Kandie in Valencia last year. Ethiopia&rsquo;s Tsehay Gemechu, meanwhile, broke the course record in the women's race, clocking 1:06:06.
Kiplimo, who finished third in the 10,000m and fifth in the 5000m at the Tokyo Olympics earlier this year, started to pull away from his opponents after just three kilometres and he passed through the first 5km in 13:40.
By the time he reached 10km in 27:05, he had a lead of about one minute over the chase pack and was well on schedule to break Kandie&rsquo;s world record.
Kiplimo passed through 15km in 40:27, the fastest time ever recorded for the distance and indicative of a sub-57-minute finish. With no nearby competitors to work off, Kiplimo&rsquo;s pace dropped slightly in the closing stages, but he managed to just finish inside the world record, crossing the line in 57:31.
"With one kilometre to go, I knew that I was going to break the world record," said Kiplimo. "When I was on the final straight and saw the clock, I gave it all I had and told myself I had to sprint fast to reach the finish line."
Ethiopia&rsquo;s Esa Huseyidin Mohamed finished second in 59:39, just ahead of compatriot Gerba Beyata Dibaba, who was given the same time for third place. The top nine men all finished inside 60 minutes.
The women&rsquo;s race was only decided in the final stages. A group of eight women passed through 5km in about 15:30, but just five of those were left in the lead pack by the time the 10km checkpoint was reached in 31:03.
Soon after, Gemechu, Daisy Cherotich and Joyce Chepkemoi broke away and ran together for another seven kilometres. Gemechu started to wind up the pace with about four kilometres to go and opened up a small gap on the Kenyan duo.
Gemechu held on to win in 1:06:06, taking 28 seconds off the course record. Cherotich (1:06:15) and Chepkemoi (1:06:19) finished close behind.
&ldquo;I tried (to go after the women-only world record), but after the 17th kilometre I felt a little tired,&rdquo; said Gemechu, who finished fourth in the 5000m at the 2019 World Championships and set a half marathon PB of 1:05:08 two months ago in Copenhagen. &ldquo;The course and the conditions were very good. I hope to come back next year to try the world record again.&rdquo;
<h2>Leading results</h2>
Women 1 Tsehay Gemechu (ETH) 1:06:06 2 Daisy Cherotich (KEN) 1:06:15 3 Joyce Chepkemoi (KEN) 1:06:19 4 Hiwot Gebrekidan (ETH) 1:08:00 5 Vibian Chepkirui (KEN) 1:08:02 6 Ethlemahu Sintayehu Dessi (ETH) 1:08:16 7 Yitayish Mekonene Agidew (ETH) 1:08:18 8 Jess Piasecki (GBR) 1:09:44 9 Tsige Haileslase Abreha (ETH) 1:10:31 10 Debash Kelali Desta (ETH) 1:11:01
Men 1 Jacob Kiplimo (UGA) 57:31 2 Esa Huseyidin Mohamed (ETH) 59:39 3 Gerba Beyata Dibaba (ETH) 59:39 4 Hillary Kipkoech (KEN) 59:41 5 Ibrahim Hassan (DJI) 59:41 6 Milkesa Mengesha (ETH) 59:48 7 Antenayehu Dagnachaw (ETH) 59:48 8 Edmond Kipngetich (KEN) 59:49 9 Isaac Kipsang (KEN) 59:52 10 Solomon Berihu Weldeslassie (ETH) 1:00:00
*Subject to the usual ratification procedure

World half marathon champion clocks 57:31 in Portuguese capital

Kiplimo breaks world half marathon record in Lisbon

World Athletics and the local organising committee (LOC) for the World Athletics Half Marathon Championships Yangzhou 2022 have agreed to postpone the championships, which were scheduled to be held in Yangzhou, China, on 27 March 2022.
The event will now take place on Sunday 13 November 2022.
The postponement is due to the biosecurity measures and travel restrictions currently in place to prevent the spread of Covid-19 in China.
These conditions may change between now and March, but in order to provide certainty to athletes, coaches and Member Federations, the World Athletics Council agreed to reschedule the championships to allow more time for existing travel and quarantine restrictions to be eased.&nbsp;
World Athletics and the LOC in Yangzhou are committed to the responsible planning and delivery of the half marathon championships, which includes ensuring that athletes from all international federations are able to participate and enjoy an experience that is befitting a World Athletics Series event.
More information about the championships will be released as it becomes available.
World Athletics

The event will now take place on Sunday 13 November 2022.

World Athletics Half Marathon Championships in Yangzhou postponed until November 2022

Women&rsquo;s world half marathon record 1:04:02 Ruth Chepngetich (KEN) Istanbul 4 April 2021
Women&rsquo;s world 2000m record 5:21.56 Francine Niyonsaba (BDI) Zagreb 14 September 2021
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World records set earlier this year by Ruth Chepngetich and Francine Niyonsaba have been ratified.
Chepngetich, the world marathon champion, clocked a world record of 1:04:02 when winning at the N Kolay Istanbul Half Marathon, a World Athletics Elite Label road race, on 4 April.
In a high-quality field, Chepngetich and seven other women passed through the first 5km in 15:07, but the lead pack had whittled down to five women by the 10km marker, reached in 30:21. Chepngetich had just Yalemzerf Yehualaw and two-time world 5000m champion Hellen Obiri for company by the time she reached 15km in 45:29. Roughly 10 minutes later, Chepngetich started her long drive for home.
The Kenyan went on to win by 38 seconds, while Yehualaw and Obiri both finished inside 65 minutes. Chepngetich&rsquo;s winning time of 1:04:02 broke the previous record of 1:04:31 that had been set by Ethiopia&rsquo;s Ababel Yeshaneh&nbsp; in Ras Al Khaimah on 21 February 2020.
&ldquo;I am really happy with this amazing result,&rdquo; said Chepngetich. &ldquo;The world record is something I have been dreaming about for some time and I am so happy to do it on the streets of Istanbul.&rdquo;
Chepngetich&rsquo;s record was recently broken by Ethiopia&rsquo;s Letesenbet Gidey, who won in Valencia last weekend with 1:02:52 &ndash; a mark that is pending ratification.
Niyonsaba capped her 2021 track campaign with a 2000m victory and world record at the Continental Tour Gold meeting in Zagreb on 14 September.
The distance runner from Burundi followed the pacemakers for the first three laps, passing through 400m in 1:04.50 and 800m in 2:09.22. The half-way point was reached in 2:41.37, putting her inside world record pace.
Niyonsaba went through the bell in 4:20.23, meaning she needed a final lap of about 63 seconds to claim the world record. Ethiopia&rsquo;s Freweyni Hailu tried to move into the lead on the back straight, but Niyonsaba kept her at bay and then kicked for home, eventually crossing the line in 5:21.56. 
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 Her winning time took more than two seconds off the previous record that had been set indoors by Ethiopia&rsquo;s Genzebe Dibaba in Sabadell on 7 February 2017.
&ldquo;I did it. It&rsquo;s wonderful and it&rsquo;s fabulous,&rdquo; said Niyonsaba. &ldquo;The pacing was really perfect. I want to thank all the people who came to cheer us.&rdquo;
World Athletics

Chepngetich's 1:04:02 half marathon and Niyonsaba's 5:21.56 2000m world records are now official

Ratified: world records for Chepngetich and Niyonsaba

Ethiopia&rsquo;s Letesenbet Gidey smashed the world record* at the Valencia Half Marathon Trinidad Alfonso EDP, clocking 1:02:52 on her debut at the distance at the World Athletics Elite Label road race on Sunday (24).
Competing in the same Spanish city where she broke the world 5000m record last year, Gidey took 70 seconds off the previous world record of 1:04:02 set by world marathon champion Ruth Chepngetich earlier this year.
In doing so, 23-year-old Gidey becomes the first woman to officially break the 64 and 63-minute barriers. She&rsquo;s also the first debutante to set a world record for the distance.
Perfectly paced by her compatriot Mebrahtu Kiros, Gidey went through the opening 5km in 15:00, well inside world record pace, with her compatriot Yalemzerf Yehualaw running five metres down. Yehualaw drifted further back over the next few kilometres as Gidey reached 10km in 29:45 &ndash; the third-fastest clocking in history for the distance and just seven seconds shy of the world record set just a few weeks ago by Kalkidan Gezahegne.
While Yehualaw began to lose ground shortly afterwards, Gidey maintained her relentless rhythm to cover the next 5km segment in 14:44, reaching the 15km point in 44:29, barely nine seconds slower than her own world best for the distance. 
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 Although her pace dropped very slightly in the last quarter of the race, Gidey had done more than enough to ensure victory in a world record time. She crossed the line in 1:02:52, adding a third world record to her name to go alongside the marks she owns for 5000m (14:06.62) and 10,000m (29:01.03).
Underscoring the quality of Gidey&rsquo;s performance, she crossed the finish line alongside Spain&rsquo;s Javier Guerra, a 2:07:27 marathon runner.
&ldquo;I knew I could run this kind of time as my training sessions in the altitude of Addis Abeba have gone very well,&rdquo; said an ecstatic Gidey, the Olympic bronze medallist and world silver medallist over 10,000m. &ldquo;In future I&rsquo;m thinking of competing at the marathon distance but I&rsquo;m not sure that will come before the Paris 2024 Olympic Games or later.&rdquo;
Yehualaw finished second in 1:03:51, also inside the previous world record. Kenya&rsquo;s Sheila Chepkirui bettered her lifetime best by 45 seconds to complete the podium in 1:04:54.
The men&rsquo;s race may not have witnessed a world record, but it still had record depth with an unprecedented seven men covering the distance within 59 minutes.
The leading group went through the opening 5km in 13:45, right on schedule for a 58-minute finishing time. Kenya&rsquo;s world 10km record holder Rhonex Kipruto ran comfortably close to the pacemakers alongside compatriots Abel Kipchumba, Philemon Kiplimo, Felix Kipkoech, Daniel Mateiko and Kennedy Kimutai plus Ethiopia&rsquo;s world 5000m champion Muktar Edris.
Surprisingly, the three pacemakers &ndash; Josphat Kiptoo Chumo, Emmanuel Maru and Evans Kipkemei Kurui &ndash; dropped out before the seventh kilometre and from then on the main favourites took turns in the lead to keep a swift pace. The 10km checkpoint was reached in 27:35, slightly outside their target, with Kipruto and 58:48 world leader Kipchumba making most of the pacing duties alongside the surprise package Mateiko, whose career best was 59:25 set in Copenhagen last month. At that point, 10 men still remained in the lead pack.
The first serious move came in the 12th kilometre when Mateiko, a training partner of Eliud Kipchoge, tried to break away from the rest but he was soon reeled in by the main contenders, who were now running in single file.
Shortly after reaching 15km in 41:16, Kipchumba moved to the front and only Kipruto could live with his pace. With about half a kilometre to go, Kipruto surged and gained a few metres on Kipchumba, but the latter never gave up and overtook Kipruto in the closing stages to win in a world-leading 58:07 with Kipruto taking second place in 58:09.
Kipchumba&rsquo;s winning time elevates him to sixth on the world all-time list. Mateiko set a huge PB of 58:24 to secure a Kenyan sweep of the podium places.
Emeterio Valiente for World Athletics
*Subject to the usual ratification procedure
<h3> Leading results</h3>
Women 1 Letesenbet Gidey (ETH) 1:02:52 2 Yalemzerf Yehualaw (ETH) 1:03:51 3 Sheila Chepkirui (KEN) 1:04:53 4 Brenda Jepleting (KEN) 1:05:44 5 Bosena Mulate (ETH) 1:06:00 6 Nigsti Haftu (ETH) 1:06:17 7 Hawi Feysa (ETH) 1:07:25 8 Sarah Lahti (SWE) 1:08:19 9 Fionnuala McCormack (IRL) 1:09:32 10 Camilla Richardsson (FIN) 1:10:51
Men 1 Abel Kipchumba (KEN) 58:07 2 Rhonex Kipruto (KEN) 58:09 3 Daniel Mateiko (KEN) 58:26 4 Kennedy Kimutai (KEN) 58:28 5 Philemon Kiplimo (KEN) 58:34 6 Muktar Edris (ETH) 58:40 7 Mathew Kimeli (KEN) 58:43 8 Kelvin Kiptum (KEN) 59:02 9 Rodgers Kwemoi (KEN) 59:16 10 Felix Kipkoech (KEN) 59:28

World and Olympic medallist adds half marathon mark to her world records for 5000m and 10,000m