Tigst Assefa clocks personal best of 2:11:04 in Berlin despite late injury
World Athletics says Assefa was on world-record pace for 40km before an injury left her limping to the finish—still recording what it called the third-fastest marathon in history.
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Tigst Assefa finished the Berlin Marathon in a personal-best 2:11:04, according to World Athletics. It said she ran at world-record pace for 40km before suffering an injury in the closing kilometres. Despite visibly limping to the line, she recorded what World Athletics described as the third-fastest marathon in history.
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