{"id":16642,"date":"2026-03-08T17:18:48","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T17:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugandaupdatenews.com\/?p=16642"},"modified":"2026-03-08T17:19:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T17:19:02","slug":"uganda-s-kiplimo-breaks-world-half-marathon-record-with-5720-on-lisbon-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/uganda-s-kiplimo-breaks-world-half-marathon-record-with-5720-on-lisbon-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Uganda ‘s Kiplimo breaks world half marathon record with 57:20 on Lisbon return"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Three-time world cross-country champion Jacob Kiplimo returned to the EDP Lisbon Half Marathon \u2013 the scene of his record-breaking performance five years ago \u2013 and triumphed in a world record of 57:20* at the World Athletics Platinum Label<\/strong> road race on Sunday (8).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Ugandan took 10 seconds off Yomif Kejelcha\u2019s official world record for the distance. Before Kejelcha produced that mark in Valencia in 2024, Kiplimo had held the previous world record at 57:31, which he achieved in Lisbon in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the women\u2019s contest, Tsigie Gebreselama successfully defended her title, winning by more than two minutes in 1:04:48.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a race with no pacemakers, Kiplimo covered the first 5km of the men\u2019s race in a swift 13:28. Kenyan duo Nicholas Kipkorir and Gilbert Kiprotich were tucked close behind the Ugandan for the first half, with the trio passing through 10km in 27:00 as Kiprotich started to fade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kiplimo and Kipkorir continued to run side by side and passed through 15km in 40:52. Realising the pace had dropped slightly, Kiplimo picked up the tempo and forged ahead, covering the next 5km section in 13:31.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He maintained that pace until the end and crossed the finish line in 57:20. Kipkorir followed in 58:08 with Kiprotich holding on for third (58:59).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m so happy to break the world record,\u201d said Kiplimo. \u201cAfter the first 10km, I thought the world record was possible. I tried to keep pushing the pace in the final two kilometres.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kiplimo had clocked 56:42 in Barcelona last year, but it could not be ratified as a world record because the race conditions were not fully compliant with World Athletics rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For most of the way in the women\u2019s race, Gebreselama was ahead of the pace she set last year when setting a course record of 1:04:21. She broke away from her competitors in the early stages, passing through 5km in 14:55 and 10km in 30:05 \u2013 both faster than her official PBs for those distances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2023 world cross-country silver medallist tired slightly in the second half, though, and chances of a course record began to disappear. By that point, however, she\u2019d already carved out an insurmountable leading margin and was able to coast home in 1:04:48, the second-best winning time ever recorded in Lisbon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kenya\u2019s Janeth Chepngetich was second (1:06:50) as her compatriot Regina Wambui placed third (1:07:10).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is my second win,\u201d said Gebreselama, who became the first woman to achieve back-to-back wins in Lisbon since Susan Chepkemei in 2002. \u201cThe race was good. My plan was to run sub-64, but I\u2019m still happy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leading results<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Women<\/strong>
1 Tsigie Gebreselama (ETH) 1:04:48
2 Janeth Chepngetich (KEN) 1:06:50
3 Regina Wambui (KEN) 1:07:10
4 Tabitha Njeri Kamau (KEN) 1:07:22
5 Girmawit Gebrzihair (ETH) 1:07:30
6 Emeline Imanizabayo (RWA) 1:07:35<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Men<\/strong>
1 Jacob Kiplimo (UGA) 57:20
2 Nicholas Kipkorir (KEN) 58:08
3 Gilbert Kiprotich (KEN) 58:59
4 Benard Langat (KEN) 59:31
5 Mohamed Ismail (DJI) 59:45
6 Oscar Chelimo (UGA) 1:00:12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

*Subject to the usual ratification procedure<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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