Ethiopia’s Tigist Assefa obliterated the women’s marathon world record on Sunday as she won the Berlin Marathon, completing the course in 2:11:53 and shaving more than two minutes off the ...

After a 2024 in which she was forced to settle for second place in both London and at the Paris Olympics – as well as usurped as the world record-holder – Tigist Assefa produced a statement ...

Tigist Assefa of Ethiopia defied the odds with a shocking victory at the 2022 Berlin Marathon, clocking 2:15:37 to obliterate the course record by almost three minutes. The run is the third ...

Editor’s note: A previous version of this article spelled Assefa’s first name as “Tigist,” and listed her age as 29, as printed in media materials for the Berlin Marathon. The article has ...

Adidas’ newest running shoes, worn by Ethiopia’s Tigist Assefa on Sunday to set a new women’s marathon world record in Berlin, went on sale on Tuesday with an eye-watering price tag that ...

Tigist Assefa shocked the world when she crossed the finish line at the Berlin Marathon in record time. But there is one detail many may have missed. The 29-year-old shocked the globe when she ...

A ddis Ababa, April 27, 2025 (ENA)—Ethiopia’s Tigist Assefa smashed the women-only world record by 26 seconds at the TCS London Marathon, running 2:15:50* to win the World Athletics Platinum ...

D'Amato, a 37-year-old mother of two from Virginia, gave it a valiant effort, but she ultimately had to settle for a sixth-place, 2:21:48 showing in the wake of Ethiopia's Tigist Assefa's surprise ...