{"id":117382,"date":"2026-04-27T04:55:54","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T08:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/assefa-sets-world-record-at-london-marathon-historic-triumph\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T04:55:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T08:55:54","slug":"assefa-sets-world-record-at-london-marathon-historic-triumph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/assefa-sets-world-record-at-london-marathon-historic-triumph\/","title":{"rendered":"Assefa Sets World Record at London Marathon: Historic Triumph"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Tigst Assefa Sets New World Record at the London Marathon<\/h2>\n\nEthiopian athlete Tigst Assefa has once again made history in athletics, winning the women&#8217;s division of the London Marathon this Sunday with an impressive time of 2 hours, 15 minutes and 41 seconds, setting a new world record.\n\nAssefa, who already held the best mark in women&#8217;s marathons, surpassed her own record, demonstrating her dominance in the competition. In a close final, she prevailed over Kenyans Hellen Obiri (2:15:53) and Joyciline Jepkosgei (2:15:55).\n\nThis triumph represents the fourth major title for the African long-distance runner in renowned marathons, solidifying her position as one of the most outstanding figures in world athletics.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sabastian Sawe Sets New Record in the Men&#8217;s Category<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the men&#8217;s category, Kenyan Sabastian Sawe also made history by setting a new marathon world record, stopping the clock at 1 hour, 59 minutes, and 30 seconds. With this mark, Sawe becomes the fastest runner in the history of an official marathon event.<\/p>\n\n\nSawe surpassed the previous record of his compatriot Kelvin Kiptum (2:00:35 in Chicago 2023), crossing the finish line ahead of Ethiopian Yomif Kejelcha (1:59:41) and Ugandan Jacob Kiplimo (2:00:28).\n\n<h2>Festive Atmosphere and High Participation in the London Marathon<\/h2>\n\nThis year&#8217;s London Marathon was characterized by favorable weather conditions, with temperatures close to 16 degrees, and a massive public attendance. The event had a record participation of nearly 60,000 runners, creating a festive atmosphere with costumes and enthusiasm from the fans.\n\nAmong the outstanding performances, the Spaniard Marta Galimany finished in tenth place with a time of 2:27:38, while the Uruguayan Julia Paternain achieved eighth position with 2:25:47.\n\nThe London Marathon reaffirmed its status as one of the most important competitions in world athletics, with historic records and a high level of competition.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tigst Assefa Sets New World Record at the London Marathon Ethiopian athlete Tigst Assefa has once again made history in athletics, winning the women&#8217;s division of the London Marathon this Sunday with an impressive time of 2 hours, 15 minutes and 41 seconds, setting a new world record. Assefa, who already held the best mark [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":117383,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[12591,1967,12592,9072],"class_list":{"0":"post-117382","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-assefa","9":"tag-athletics","10":"tag-london-marathon","11":"tag-world-record"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117382\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}