Jacob Kiplimo from Uganda, broke the World Half Marathon record with a time of 56 minutes and 41 seconds in Barcelona on Sunday.
The 24-year old ran 56 minutes and 42 seconds to eclipes ethiopia yomif kejelcha previous world record winner of 57.30 he set in Valencia
kiplimo said, i started very strong in the first two kilometres to get away from my rivals. As the kilometres passed and I saw that I was going at record pace, I told myself that I had to maintain that pace no matter what it took.
He said I wanted to have a great race, but I didn’t expect to break the world record.
Kiplimo’s time is the best single improvement on the men’s world half-marathon record. I am very excited about what I did today, said the former 10,000m Olympic and World Championships bronze medallist.
He also set a world best of 39:47 for 15km during the World Athletics event, which was held in perfect conditions of 13 degree celsius with no wind.