Two marathon world records broken in two weeks by two East African runners
Last month, at the Berlin Marathon, Ethiopia’s Tigist Assefa broke Kenya’s Brigid Kosgei’s 2019 run record by finishing in 2:11.53, and, last Sunday, Kenya’s Kelvin Kiptum, in his third marathon in Chicago, zoomed past the most high-profile long-distance runner Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge’s record by 34 seconds by finishing in 2:00:35. The women’s marathon world record … Read more