The 28-year-old from Ethiopia ran 4:55 mile pace to take 20 seconds off the previous mark.
Pending ratification, Yeshaneh improved on the record of 1:04:51 set by Joyciline Jepkosgei in 2017. In setting the record, Yeshaneh averaged 4:55-minute per mile pace during the half marathon in the United Arab Emirates. She also won a hefty prize purse of more than $100,000 for winning the women’s race and breaking the course and world records.These Are the World’s Fastest Half Marathoners
For the first 5K, Kosgei and Yeshaneh followed the pacemaker, who brought the runners through the split in 15:07. Only Kosgei and Yeshaneh were able to maintain the pace of 30:18 at the 10K mark, which is 17 seconds faster than Yeshaneh’s 10,000-meter personal best on the track and only one second slower than the world-leading time of 30:17 set during theYeshaneh passed Kosgei for good about a mile beyond the 15K mark and continued running world-record pace all the way through the finish line.
Ethiopia’s Ababel Yeshaneh smashes the half marathon world record* to win the Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon clocking 1:04:31.💥
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