World-record holder Tigist Assefa expects to run another rapid time in her London Marathon debut but the Ethiopian star says victory is far more important than the clock. The 27-year-old stunned ...

Updates: Assefa, Sawe win London Marathon titles Tigst Assefa of Ethiopia has done it, setting a women's only world record to win in 2:15:50, beating the previous record set last year by Kenyan ...

Assefa is a two-time Berlin marathon winner and stunned the world with a debut of 2:15:37 in 2022 and then became the first woman to break 2:12 a year later after running 2:11:53.

Many people believed that Tigist Assefa had a score to settle at this year’s London Marathon. The former marathon world record holder who clocked a seismic 2:11:53 at the 2023 Berlin Marathon, Assefa, ...

ETHIOPIAN 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, April 27.

Ethiopia's Tigst Assefa made up for her second spot last year to coast home in the women's London Marathon in a world record time of 2hr 15min 50sec on Sunday.

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).

Ethiopia's Assefa ran 2:11.53 at the Berlin Marathon in September, setting the world record for women in a race alongside male runners, and has her sights on Mary Keitany's time of 2:17:01 set in ...

Now they return to London - Hassan for the first time since her epic marathon debut in 2023 and Assefa one year on from finishing runner-up to Peres Jepchirchir’s women-only world record.

Tigist Assefa wearing the $500 shoe on Sunday. REUTERS Weighing just 5 ounces, the shoes are very light, but not durable. They’re designed to be worn for a single marathon-distance race (26 ...