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Three-time world cross-country champion Jacob Kiplimo returned to the EDP Lisbon Half Marathon &ndash; the scene of his record-breaking performance five years ago &ndash; and triumphed in a world record of 57:20* at the World Athletics Platinum Label road race on Sunday (8).
The Ugandan took 10 seconds off Yomif Kejelcha&rsquo;s official world record for the distance. Before Kejelcha produced that mark in Valencia in 2024, Kiplimo had held the previous world record at 57:31, which he achieved in Lisbon in 2021.
In the women&rsquo;s contest, Tsigie Gebreselama successfully defended her title, winning by more than two minutes in 1:04:48.
In a race with no pacemakers, Kiplimo covered the first 5km of the men&rsquo;s race in a swift 13:28. Kenyan duo Nicholas Kipkorir and Gilbert Kiprotich were tucked close behind the Ugandan for the first half, with the trio passing through 10km in 27:00 as Kiprotich started to fade.
Kiplimo and Kipkorir continued to run side by side and passed through 15km in 40:52. Realising the pace had dropped slightly, Kiplimo picked up the tempo and forged ahead, covering the next 5km section in 13:31.
He maintained that pace until the end and crossed the finish line in 57:20. Kipkorir followed in 58:08 with Kiprotich holding on for third (58:59).
&ldquo;I&rsquo;m so happy to break the world record,&rdquo; said Kiplimo. &ldquo;After the first 10km, I thought the world record was possible. I tried to keep pushing the pace in the final two kilometres.&rdquo;
Kiplimo had clocked 56:42 in Barcelona last year, but it could not be ratified as a world record because the race conditions were not fully compliant with World Athletics rules.
For most of the way in the women&rsquo;s race, Gebreselama was ahead of the pace she set last year when setting a course record of 1:04:21. She broke away from her competitors in the early stages, passing through 5km in 14:55 and 10km in 30:05 &ndash; both faster than her official PBs for those distances.
The 2023 world cross-country silver medallist tired slightly in the second half, though, and chances of a course record began to disappear. By that point, however, she&rsquo;d already carved out an insurmountable leading margin and was able to coast home in 1:04:48, the second-best winning time ever recorded in Lisbon.
Kenya&rsquo;s Janeth Chepngetich was second (1:06:50) as her compatriot Regina Wambui placed third (1:07:10).
&ldquo;This is my second win,&rdquo; said Gebreselama, who became the first woman to achieve back-to-back wins in Lisbon since Susan Chepkemei in 2002. &ldquo;The race was good. My plan was to run sub-64, but I&rsquo;m still happy.&rdquo;
<h3>Leading results</h3>
Women 1 Tsigie Gebreselama (ETH) 1:04:48 2 Janeth Chepngetich (KEN) 1:06:50 3 Regina Wambui (KEN) 1:07:10 4 Tabitha Njeri Kamau (KEN) 1:07:22 5 Girmawit Gebrzihair (ETH) 1:07:30 6 Emeline Imanizabayo (RWA) 1:07:35
Men 1 Jacob Kiplimo (UGA) 57:20 2 Nicholas Kipkorir (KEN) 58:08 3 Gilbert Kiprotich (KEN) 58:59 4 Benard Langat (KEN) 59:31 5 Mohamed Ismail (DJI) 59:45 6 Oscar Chelimo (UGA) 1:00:12
*Subject to the usual ratification procedure

Jacob Kiplimo returned to the EDP Lisbon Half Marathon and triumphed in a world record of 57:20

Kiplimo breaks world half marathon record with 57:20 on Lisbon return

Kenya&rsquo;s Sheila Chepkirui successfully defended her title at the Nagoya Women&rsquo;s Marathon on Sunday (8), winning the World Athletics Platinum Label road race in 2:21:54 after a late breakaway from Japan&rsquo;s Sayaka Sato.
Sato claimed the runner-up spot for the second year in a row, though this time Chepkirui&rsquo;s winning margin was a lot smaller as Sato finished just two seconds behind in 2:21:56, while Ethiopia&rsquo;s Aynalem Desta placed third in 2:22:37.
Run in cool but windy conditions, a large lead pack of eight women passed 10km in 33:10. Chepkirui was joined by Desta, Sato and Japan&rsquo;s Rika Kaseda, Natsuki Omori, Rino Goshima, Wakana Kabasawa and Yuka Ando.
The group was reduced to six by halfway, reached in 1:10:51, and after another 10km Goshima lost contact, leaving five women together at 30km (1:41:12): Chepkirui, Sato, Desta, Kaseda and Omori.
Omori was the next to drop back, and with about seven kilometres remaining the race had narrowed to four contenders. Kaseda and Desta then lost touch with Chepkirui and Sato, setting up a head-to-head duel between the top two finishers from last year.
The pair remained stride for stride deep into the closing stages before Chepkirui finally managed to edge clear, opening a small gap in the final kilometres. She crossed the line in 2:21:54 to secure her second successive Nagoya title, with Sato finishing two seconds later. Desta followed for third in 2:22:37.
&ldquo;I&rsquo;m very happy to defend my title,&rdquo; said Chepkirui, who has a PB of 2:17:29. &ldquo;The wind was really strong, so I needed to stay mentally strong all the way to the finish.&rdquo;
Sato said: &ldquo;It&rsquo;s tough to lose the sprint at the end, but I believe I ran a good race today.&rdquo;
Several Japanese athletes were chasing qualifying marks for the Marathon Grand Championship &ndash; Japan&rsquo;s selection race for the LA 2028 Olympic Games &ndash; with the standard set at 2:23:30, or alternatively a top-six Japanese finish with a time under 2:27:00.
The race was held in clear conditions with a temperature of 9C at the start, though athletes faced steady winds throughout the course. A total of 17,101 runners took part in the event, recognised as the world&rsquo;s largest women-only marathon.
<h3>Leading results</h3>
1 Sheila Chepkirui (KEN) 2:21:54 2 Sayaka Sato (JPN) 2:21:56 3 Aynalem Desta (ETH) 2:22:37 4 Rika Kaseda (JPN) 2:22:53 5 Natsuki Omori (JPN) 2:23:45 6 Sora Shinozakura (JPN) 2:24:34 7 Rino Goshima (JPN) 2:24:44 8 Genevieve Gregson (AUS) 2:25:06

Kenya’s Sheila Chepkirui successfully defended her title at the Nagoya Women’s Marathon in 2:21:54

Chepkirui retains title at Nagoya Women’s Marathon

Emmanouil Karalis and Sondre Guttormsen both cleared 6.06m at the Perche Elite Tour in Rouen as a historic season for the men&rsquo;s pole vault continued at the World Athletics Indoor Tour Silver meeting on Saturday (7).
Karalis won on countback, one week on from his 6.17m clearance at the Greek Indoor Championships, while Guttormsen improved his Norwegian record by six centimetres to move to joint sixth on the world all-time list.
It is the best mark ever achieved for second place, beating the 6.05m cleared by Karalis for silver at the World Indoor Championships in Nanjing last year.
A record six athletes have now soared over six metres or more this season.
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Sondre Guttormsen celebrates at the Perche Elite Tour in Rouen (&copy; Ga&euml;lle Mobuchon)
Greek star Karalis, who sits second behind Mondo Duplantis on the world all-time list thanks to that 6.17m clearance in Paiania, opened his competition with a first-time clearance of 5.70m. He passed to 5.90m and achieved that on his first try before managing a meeting record of 6.06m, also from his first attempt.
Guttormsen needed two tries at 5.70m, 5.90m and 6.00m &ndash; the latter mark equalling the national record he set when winning his second NCAA indoor title in Albuquerque in 2023.
The bar then moved to 6.06m and he cleared that on his third attempt, deciding to call it a day at that point.
Karalis continued and had three attempts at 6.20m &ndash; the first two very close.
The pair will have the chance to renew their rivalry later this month at the World Athletics Indoor Championships Kujawy Pomorze 26, where they are set to go up against Duplantis, on the hunt for his fourth consecutive world indoor title.
Before that, they are all due to clash for the first time of the season at the Mondo Classic &ndash; also a World Indoor Tour Silver meeting &ndash; in Uppsala on 12 March.
The women&rsquo;s competition in Rouen was won by Great Britain&rsquo;s 2024 world indoor champion Molly Caudery.
Both she and Slovenia&rsquo;s two-time world indoor medallist Tina &Scaron;utej cleared 4.70m on their first attempts, but Caudery clinched victory on countback.
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Emmanouil Karalis and Sondre Guttormsen both cleared 6.06m at the Perche Elite Tour in Rouen as a historic season for the men’s pole vault continued

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Race The Gara	Misano	ITA	09 Mar 2026
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Croatian U18 Winter Throwing Championships	Stadion	CRO	07 Mar 2026
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