
BEEstream
February 17, 2025 at 08:11 AM
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24-year-old Ugandan long-distance star Jacob Kiplimo etched his name in history by shattering the half-marathon world record with an astonishing time of 57:31!
Kiplimo made history at the Barcelona Half Marathon, becoming the first athlete to complete the race in under 57 minutes, according to World Athletics. Maintaining an impressive average speed of 22.3 km/h, he crossed the finish line more than two minutes ahead of Kenya’s Geoffrey Kamworor, who secured second place. Another Kenyan, Samwel Mailu, followed 56 seconds later to claim third.
