Ethiopia’s Assefa smashes women’s marathon world record in Berlin

Ethiopia’s Tigist Assefa smashed the women’s marathon world record in Berlin on Sunday, winning in 2hr 11min 53sec, more than two minutes ahead of the previous mark. The 29-year-old Assefa bettered the record of 2hr 14min 04sec set by Kenyan Brigid Kosgei in Chicago in 2019. Assefa crossed the line just after Kenyan men’s world