Uganda’s Kiplimo Wins half Marathon World Champion Record

Uganda’s Kiplimo Wins half Marathon World Record Champion Tittle after Pushing hard

The National Athlete that previously became a world Champion has now won

The World Record Tittle

The half Marathon World Champion now becomes The World Record holder

The Uganda’s Kiplimo breaks the Men’s half Marathon record by 1 second 57:31

Jacob Kiplimo has been pushing so hard for the half Marathon World Champion

Together with his other Ugandan contenders only to become a half Marathon

World Record holder last night with a splendid performance on top of his game 57:31 and 1 second

Time count down.

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 the reigning half marathon world champion after beating Kandie in Poland in March 2020.

Huseydin Mohamed Esa piped fellow Ethiopian Gerba Beyata Dibaba for second, more than two seconds back in 59:39.

Ethiopia won the women’s race with Tsehay Gemechu Beyan crossing the line first in 1:06:06.