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20-09-2026
Kenya’s Agnes Jebet Ngetich set a new women-only half-marathon world record on September 20, 2026, capturing gold at the World Athletics Road Running Championships in Copenhagen.
She clocked a time of 1:05:15, taking one second off the previous record of 1:05:16 set by fellow Kenyan Peres Jepchirchir in 2020.
Ngetich controlled the race from the opening stages, using an aggressive front-running strategy across the full 21.1 km distance to drop her competitors early and secure both the global title and the world record.