From the 800 to the Marathon: The Story Behind Tigist Assefa’s …
WEBSep 28, 2022 — From the 800 to the Marathon: The Story Behind Tigist Assefa’s Berlin Breakthrough. The 28-year-old is the first woman to break 2:00 in the 800 meters and 2:20 in the marathon. By Johanna ...
Tigist Assefa obliterates women’s marathon world record in ... - CNN
WEBSep 24, 2023 — Ethiopia’s Tigist Assefa obliterated the women’s marathon world record on Sunday as she won the Berlin Marathon, completing the course in 2:11:53 and shaving more than two minutes off the...
Tigst Assefa - Wikipedia
WEBTigst Assefa Tessema (Amharic: ትእግስት አሰፋ; Oromo: Tigist Assefaa Tessemaa; born 3 December 1996) [3] is an Ethiopian long-distance runner and the world record holder in the women's marathon. She has won two top-tier World Marathon Majors, both in Berlin.
Milkesa Mengesha and Tigist Ketema of Ethiopia win 50th edition …
WEB14 hours ago — Updated 4:37 AM PDT, September 29, 2024. BERLIN (AP) — Ethiopians Milkesa Mengesha and Tigist Ketema won the men’s and women’s races in the 50th edition of the Berlin Marathon on Sunday. The 24-year-old Mengesha finished strongly and ran a personal best time of 2 hours, 3 minutes and 17 seconds to finish ahead of Kenyans Cybrian Kotut and ...
Berlin Marathon: Ethiopia's Milkesa Mengesha & Tigist Ketema …
WEB1 day ago — Ethiopia dominated Sunday's Berlin marathon, with winners in both the men's and women's races and runners in five of the six podium places. Milkesa Mengesha, 24, beat Kenya's Cyrbian Kotut by just ...
Tigist Asefa makes history at the Berlin marathon - NPR
WEBSep 25, 2023 — Tigist Assefa just made history at the Berlin Marathon. The 26-year-old Ethiopian athlete ran the 26.2 miles in just 2 hours, 11 minutes and 53 seconds, beating the previous women's world record...
26-Year-Old Breaks Women’s Marathon World Record by Over 2 …
WEBSep 25, 2023 — Ethiopian runner Tigist Assefa did the latter over the weekend at the 2023 Berlin Marathon by snapping an incredible 2 minutes and change off the previous women’s marathon record.
Focus on finalists: Tigist Assefa - World Athletics
WEBNov 15, 2023 — Tigist Assefa raced just once in 2023. But what a race it was. Her performance at the BMW Berlin Marathon made people reconsider what was possible over the classic distance. She smashed the world record by two minutes and 14 seconds, winning in 2:11:53.
Milkesa Mengesha and Tigist Ketema complete ... - The Straits Times
WEB12 hours ago — Sep 29, 2024, 08:24 PM. BERLIN – Ethiopian duo Milkesa Mengesha and Tigist Ketema won the men’s and women’s races respectively in the 50th running of the Berlin Marathon on Sept 29. Mengesha ...
2024 Berlin Marathon: Ethiopia's Milkesa Mengesha and Tigist …
WEB14 hours ago — Milkesa Mengesha of Ethiopia raced to victory in a time of 2:03.17 to win the 50th edition of the Berlin Marathon on Sunday (29 September).. The final kilometre of the grueling classic 42.2km distance came down to a two-horse race between Kenya's Cybrian Kotut and Mengesha.. Running shoulder to shoulder Mengesha and Kotut entered the final stretch with little separating the two.