Kenyan woman breaks 4 world records
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Kenyan woman breaks 4 world records

April 2, 2017

Kenya’s Joyciline Jepkosgei broke four world records as she stormed to victory at the Prague Half Marathon. The 23-year-old completed what was just her fifth half marathon in one hour, four minutes and 52 seconds — 14 seconds quicker than the record set by Peres Jepchirchir earlier this year.

And she also clocked splits of 30:05, 45:37 and 1:01:25 to break the 10km, 15km and 20km world records on the way. “I only wanted to improve my time. This is a surprise for me,” Jepkosgei said.

“I didn’t know I would break the world record today. “But the conditions were good for me because I’m used to training at this time of day.”

Defending champion Violah Jepchumba finished second — 30 seconds back — and Fancy Chemutai third, with America’s sixth-placed Jordan Hasay the only non-Kenyan in the top 10.

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