The runner from Ethiopia clocked a time of 2:11:53 to take over two minutes off the previous record.
It was only Assefa’s third marathon, and the 29-year-old former 800-meter runner took the lead by 15K, at the front of a group of 12 women who were all on world-record pace. She ran the 16th kilometer in 2:59, opening a gap. By 20K, she was 30 seconds ahead of Kenya’s Sheila Chepkirui.
In the end, Assefa crossed the line nearly 6 minutes before her next competitor—Chepkirui was second in 2:17:49—and almost 4 minutes faster than her course record of 2:15:37 from last year. Tanzania’s Magdalena Shauri was third in 2:18:41. In total, eight women finished under the 2:20 mark. Annie Frisbie was the first American, running 2:27:02 to place 17th.
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