Uganda’s Jacob Kiplimo turned the primary particular person to run a half marathon under 57 minutes as he shattered the world document by 48 seconds in Barcelona.
The 24-year-old ran 56 minutes and 42 seconds to eclipse Ethiopian Yomif Kejelcha’s previous world record of 57:30 set in Valencia in October.
Kiplimo’s time is the very best single enchancment on the boys’s world half-marathon document.
“I’m very enthusiastic about what I did right now,” mentioned the previous 10,000m Olympic and World Championships bronze medallist.
“I needed to have an awesome race, however I did not count on to interrupt the world document.
“I began very robust within the first two kilometres to get away from my rivals. Because the kilometres handed and I noticed that I used to be going at document tempo, I informed myself that I needed to keep that tempo it doesn’t matter what it took.”
He additionally set a world better of 39:47 for 15km throughout the World Athletics occasion, which was held in good circumstances of 13ºC with no wind.
Kiplimo’s compatriot Geoffrey Kamworor completed second (58:44) forward of Kenya’s Samuel Mailu (59:40).
