Injured Assefa narrowly misses world record in Berlin
Kenyan athlete Ruth Chepngetich's time of 2:09:56, set at the 2024 Chicago Marathon, remains the world record time, though that result is overshadowed by the three-year doping ban she received in 2025.
An injured Tigst Assefa hobbled over the line at the Berlin Marathon on Sunday after looking set to smash the women's world record.
However she still broke the Berlin course record of 2:11:53 that she set in 2023 - which was also her previous personal best.
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