Kenyan Brigid Kosgei shatters 16-year-old world marathon record
13 October 2019 - 20:14
Chicago — Kenyan Brigid Kosgei broke Paula Radcliffe’s 16-year-old women’s marathon world record by more than a minute when she ran 2hr 14min 04sec at the Chicago Marathon on Sunday.
Kosgei set a blistering pace from the start to shatter the record of 2:15:25 set by Briton Radcliffe in London in April 2003...
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