On a wet track in Turkey's largest city, she broke the old record - set by Ethiopia's Ababel Yeshaneh in February 2020 - by 29 seconds.
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Ruth Chepngetich set a world record in the half marathon
2021-04-04T08:44:58.995Z
Ruth Chepngetich was to rejoice in Istanbul. The Kenyan set a new world record in the half marathon when she won on 1.04.02.
Source: svt