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Women’s marathon (women-only)2:15:50 Tigist Assefa (ETH) London, 27 April 2025 Men’s 35km race walk2:21:40 Evan Dunfee (CAN) Dudince, 22 March 20252:20:43 Massimo Stano (ITA) Podebrady, 18 May 2025 World records set earlier this year by Tigist Assefa, Evan Dunfee and Massimo Stano have been ratified by World Athletics. Olympic silver medallist Assefa achieved her women-only world marathon record at the London Marathon on 27 April. The Ethiopian clocked 2:15:50 to improve the previous world record by 26 seconds to win the World Athletics Platinum Label road race. The previous world record of 2:16:16 had been set by Kenya’s Peres Jepchirchir in London on 21 April 2024. “When I crossed the line, I felt extreme happiness,” said Assefa. The performance, achieved in a women-onl...

Ethiopia’s Tigist Assefa smashed the women-only world record by 26 seconds at the TCS London Marathon, running 2:15:50* to win the World Athletics Platinum Label road race on Sunday (27). The Olympic silver medallist kicked away from Kenya’s Joyciline Jepkosgei to clinch her first London Marathon win after finishing second to Peres Jepchirchir last year. Jepchirchir’s winning mark of 2:16:16 a year ago had also been a women-only world record and that is the mark Assefa improved, finishing strongly to win by almost three minutes ahead of Jepkosgei (2:18:44). Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands was third (2:19:00). Given the strength of the field, the women-only world record was always the target. With that in mind, the lead group of Jepkosgei, Assefa, Hassan and Megertu Alemu followed ...

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Ratified: world records for Assefa, Stano and Dunfee

Assefa breaks women-only world marathon record with 2:15:50 in London