Why has the running world turned its back on the new women’s marathon world record?
...scepticism and suspicion which has greeted many of the world athletics records in modern times and instead, most people simply weren’t buying it...that her winning time of 2:09:56 took just under two minutes off the previous mark set this time last year, which was already in previously...with some considerable marathon pedigree, a twice-previous winner and 2019 world champion, but she also improved her previous best of 2:14:18 to become...Tigst Assefa from Ethiopia broke 2:12 for the first time with her 2:11:53 run in Berlin.
The Irish Times
15 hours ago