SportYahooInjured Assefa narrowly misses world record in Berlin
Ethiopian runner Tigst Assefa won the Berlin Marathon with the third-fastest women's time ever, but an injury stopped her from breaking the world record.
Ethiopian runner Tigst Assefa wins the Berlin Marathon but narrowly misses out on breaking the women's world record because of injury.
Tigst Assefa won the Berlin Marathon in 2:11:04, breaking the course record she set there in 2023, despite suffering visible discomfort late in the race.
She had been ahead of world record pace at the 35km mark before fading, finishing just over a minute outside Ruth Chepngetich's 2:09:56 world record.
Chepngetich's world record stands, though it is overshadowed by the three-year doping ban she received in 2025.
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