LISBON, PORTUGAL: Ugandan long-distance runner, Jacob Kiplimo set a new world record to win the Lisbon Half Marathon on Sunday, 21 November 2021.
Uganda’s Olympic 10,000m bronze medalist clocked 57:31, breaking Kibiwott Kandie’s mark from Valencia last December by just one second.
Kiplimo is now the reigning half marathon world champion after beating Kandie in Poland in March 2020.
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Huseydin Mohamed Esa piped fellow Ethiopian Gerba Beyata Dibaba to finish second, more than two seconds back in 59:39.
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