Assefa, 26, crossed the finish line at the Brandenburg Gate with a time of 2:11:53. The previous world record had been held by Brigid Kosgei, who completed a 2019 marathon in Chicago in 2:14:04.

Alexander Assefa, D-Las Vegas, watches a presentation during a Health and Human Services committee meeting in Carson City, Feb. 6, 2019. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto ...

Tigist Assefa broke the women's world record by more than two minutes Sunday at the Berlin Marathon. The Ethiopian runner Assefa ran two hours, 11 minutes, 53 seconds to break the previous women's ...

Assefa, 28, previously won the 2022 and 2023 Berlin Marathons—the latter of which she set the world record of 2:11:53, which has since been broken by Ruth Chepngetich (2:09:56) in 2024.

Assefa made up for second-place finishes in London and the Paris Olympics last year by pulling away from Joyciline Jepkosgei near the end to finish in 2 hours, 15 minutes and 50 seconds.

Former Nevada Assemblyman Alexander Assefa with his attorney Kendall Stone after appearing in court at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas Thursday, March 23, 2023, for sentencing on charges ...

Assefa ran 2:11:53 (5:02 mile pace) to break the previous record of 2:14:04 held by Kenya’s Brigid Kosgei. Assefa, who won at Berlin last year as well, won Sunday’s race by nearly six minutes.

Ethiopia’s Tigist Assefa obliterated the women’s marathon world record on Sunday as she won the Berlin Marathon, completing the course in 2:11:53 and shaving more than two minutes off the ...

Assefa will wear a J. Mendel gown, while Puck's colleagues will oversee the feast. "I'm the happiest woman on the planet. I feel like he's a gift," says Assefa, 37.

Tigst Assefa of Ethiopia took advantage of the warm weather to pull away late for her first London Marathon title on Sunday, setting a record time for a women's-only race in the process. Assefa ...

Ethiopian runner Assefa, the winner in Berlin a year ago, ran the race in 2 hours, 11 minutes, 53 seconds to break the previous women’s record of 2:14:04 set by Kenya’s Brigid Kosgei at the ...