After the wave of world records on the track covered in recent weeks (the last one, Friday in Boston through the American Grant Fisher) Now arrived The African response in the streets. And this Sunday, the Ugandés Zecob Kpage Kip established a Amazing World Marathon Record of 56 minutes and 41 seconds In the Edreams Mitja Mararató Barcelona by Brooks, a race on a route with gold label from World Athletics. With that impressive performance, the two -year -old two -year -old Cross Country, improved the previous brand of Ethiopian Yomif Kekelcha (In Valencia 2024 he made 57:30) in 49 secondsthe greatest individual improvement in the world record of half male marathon.
Running in ideal climatic conditions of 13ºC and without wind, Kiplimo became the First athlete to break the 57 minutes for distance and also established an amazing best world time of 39:47 for 15km along the way.
24-year-old two-time world cross country champion Jacob Kiplimo improves on Yomif Kejelcha’s previous world record of 57:30 by 49 seconds – the greatest single improvement on the men’s world half marathon record.
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The best time in Barcelona was held by Keniata Charles Langatwith a time of 58 minutes and 53 seconds achieved in 2023.
The Argentine Ignacio treasuryour best specialist in the distance, was a participant in this great day and held the 13th place with the World Elite with his best personal brand: 1:01:09. In this way it remains the second best Argentine in history (where the record continues to belong to Antonio Silio with 1:01:45 since 1998 in Utter, Switzerland.
“The circuit was a little harder than expected, but I am satisfied for improving my brand”Said the Mendoza, who had consecrated national champion in the 21K of Buenos Aires, last August, with 1:01:11, escorting there to the “African legion.”
For his part, Kiplimo said: “My preparation has been perfect. Although it is always complicated and I am also preparing for the marathon, I have been able to get everything forward.”. The Ugandés, from a family of 28 brothers, began to run when he was just a child. “I still went to school when I started running, but in 2015 I already took it more seriously. I first competed for school and in the very short time I started my career as a athlete. Since then I have constantly overcome,” explained the corridor.
“I don’t feel pressure”kiplimo confessed to the questions of Clarion. The athlete was aware of the media attention that aroused in Barcelona and the expectations that had fallen on him for the marathon: will debut in April in London.
Kiplimo had set the world record of the 15 km in Nijmegen (Netherlands) on November 17 with 41:25 – although he had a better partial during the half marathon with 40:42 in Lisbon and this Sunday he also devastated the times of your partial of that distance. In Portugal, precisely, he had achieved his first world marathon record with 57:31, then beaten in a second by the Ethiopian Yomif Kejelcha. On the track their best brands are 12: 40.96 in 5,000 meters (Oslo 2024) and 26: 33.93 in 10,000 meters (Ostrava 2021).
Kiplimo appeared in the world’s first level by winning the youth category of the Cross Country World Cup in 2017 and then seized the same titles, in the elderly, in the last two editions in Australia 2023 and Serbia 2024.
He achieved the bronze medal of the Olympic Games about 10,000 meters in Tokyo 2021 (it was also 5,000) and the following year he repeated that performance in the Eugene World Cup. Instead, he felt some frustration with his 8th last year at the Paris Games about 10,000 meters as his compatriot and world recordman Joshua Cheptegei rose with the title.
But the 21 km were his favorite distance and in it he consecrated world champion in Gydinia (Poland) in 2020.
Now your marathon debut is prepared. It will be in London, in April, in what is presumed as the greatest marathon in history Coin the “Field” of participants (Kipchoge included).
The evolution of the world media record
Since the Keniata Moses Tanui ran below 1 hour 32 years ago in the Stramilano, the evolution of the world media record (21,097m) has been amazing:
59:47 Moses Tanui Konian 03.04.1993 Milan
59:17 PAUL LEPED KENIA 04.04.1998 MILAN
59:16 Samuel Wanjiru Kenia 11.09.2005 Rotterdam
58:55 Haile Gebersiesie Etiopía 15.01.2006 Phoenix
58:53 Samuel Wanjiru Kenia 17.02.2007 Ras-Al-Khaimah
58:35 Samuel Wanjiru Kenia 17.03.2007 of these
58:23
58:18 Abraham Kiptum Kenia 28.10.2018 Valencia
58:01 Geoffrey Kamworor Kenia 15.09.2019 Copenhague
57:32 Kibiwott Kandie Kenia 06.12.2020 Valencia
57:31 Jacob Kapopli Unda 21.11.11.2021 Abound
57:30 Yomif Kejelcha Ethiopia 27.10.2024 Valencia
56:41 Jacob Kiplimo Uganda 16.02.2025 Barcelona