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Tigst 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.
Tigst Assefa broke the women's world record by more than two minutes Sunday at the Berlin Marathon, as Eliud Kipchoge won the men's race for the fifth time but couldn't break his own record.
Tigst Assefa, the sport’s world record holder, was desperately clinging to the lead. As the finish line came into view, Hassan surged through the smallest of openings. Assefa’s body turned.
Heading into the last 150 meters of her 10-day Olympics odyssey that spanned three events and 38 miles (62 kilometers), the Netherlands' runner traded elbows with Tigst Assefa of Ethiopia, and ...
The 2023 Berlin Marathon was the 49th edition of the annual marathon race in Berlin, held on Sunday, 24 September 2023. [6][7][8][9] A Platinum Label marathon, it was the fourth of six World Marathon Majors events scheduled for 2023. [10][11] Almost 48,000 runners from 156 countries took part in the event. [7]
PARIS (AP) — Sifan Hassan traded elbows with Tigst Assefa with 150 meters left in the women’s marathon, then passed her along the railing to win the race for her third distance medal of the Paris Games on Sunday. Hassan, an Ethiopian-born racer who runs for the Netherlands, finished in an Olympic record time of 2 hours, 22 minutes, 55 seconds.
Marathon world record progression. World records in the marathon are ratified by World Athletics, the international governing body for the sport of athletics [citation needed]. The late Kenyan athlete Kelvin Kiptum set a men's world record time of 2:00:35 on October 8, 2023, at the 2023 Chicago Marathon. [1][2] Ethiopian athlete Tigst Assefa ...
Shaking off an elbow from Tigst Assefa as the Ethiopian tried to block her move, Hassan overtook Assefa with about 250 meters to go and then outsprinted her to the finish line to win gold in an ...