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ASTONISHING MARATHON WORLD RECORD FOR TIGIST ASSEFA AT BMW BERLIN MARATHON: 2:11:53By David Monti, @d9monti(c) 2023 Race Results Weekly, all rights reservedNOTE: This story was written remotely –Ed.           Tigist Assefa setting a pending world record at the 2023 BMW Berlin Marathon of 2:11:53 (photo by …

JAW-DROPPING 5000M WORLD RECORD FOR GUDAF TSEGAY AT PRE CLASSICBy David Monti, @d9monti(c) 2023 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved NOTE: This story was written remotely –Ed.             (17-Sep) — Reigning world 10,000m champion, Gudaf Tsegay of Ethiopia, not only broke Faith Kipyegon’s 5000m world …

NUGUSE SMASHES AMERICAN RECORD FOR THE MILE: 3:43.97By David Monti, @d9monti(c) 2023 Race Results Weekly, all rights reservedNOTE: This story was written remotely –Ed.            Jakob Ingebrigtsen edges Yared Nuguse in the Bowerman Mile at the Prefontaine Classic (video still via NBC Sports)       …

KIPYEGON ADDS 5000M GOLD AT WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPSBy David Monti, @d9monti(c) 2023 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved       BUDAPEST (26-Aug) — They knew it was coming, but they just couldn’t stop it.          Faith Kipyegon winning the 5000m at the 2023 World Athletics Championships …

ETHIOPIA’S BERISO WINS WOMEN’S WORLD MARATHON TITLE IN BUDAPESTBy David Monti, @d9monti(c) 2023 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved           Amane Beriso Shankule of Ethiopia wins the 2023 World Athletics Championships marathon in Budapest in 2:24:23 (photo by Jane Monti for Race Results Weekly)     …

KERR STORMS TO FIRST WORLD 1500M TITLEBy David Monti, @d9monti(c) 2023 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved           Josh Kerr wins his first world 1500m title at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest (photo by Jane Monti for Race Results Weekly)         …

WITH PATIENT APPROACH, CHEPTEGEI WINS THIRD STRAIGHT WORLD 10,000M TITLEBy David Monti, @d9monti(c) 2023 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved         BUDAPEST (20-Aug) — Two-time defending champion Joshua Cheptegei of Uganda won his third straight world 10,000m title at the National Athletics Center here tonight by using …

ETHIOPIAN SWEEP WOMEN’S 10,000M AT WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPSBy David Monti, @d9monti(c) 2023 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved       BUDAPEST (19-Aug) — In a nail-biting race with a painfully slow start and a rough and tumble finish, the Ethiopian trio of Gudaf Tsegay, Letesenbet Gidey and Ejgayehu Taye …

CHEPNGETICH NEARLY BREAKS WORLD RECORD AT CHICAGO MARATHONBy David Monti, @d9monti(c) 2022 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved   NOTE: This story was written remotely –Ed.  (09-Oct) — Blasting away from the starting line in Grant Park with opening miles of 4:47 and 4:56, Kenya’s Ruth Chepngetich tried to smash Brigid …

KIPCHOGE LOWERS HIS OWN WORLD RECORD AT BMW BERLIN MARATHONBy David Monti, @d9monti(c) 2022 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved   NOTE: This story was written remotely –Ed.(25-Sep) – Two-time Olympic Marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge smashed his own World Athletics marathon record this morning at the BMW Berlin Marathon, clocking an …