00:00The first athlete in history to break the 57-minute barrier of the half-marathon was the Ugandan marathoner Jacob Kiplimo
00:11who finished 56 minutes and 43 seconds in the World Athletics Gold Label Road Race in Barcelona, Spain last weekend.
00:21The 24-year-old Kiplimo used to own the half-marathon record from 2021 to 2024,
00:29and was able to break the 57-30 record set by Ethiopian athlete Yomif Kejelka in October.
00:41Because of Kiplimo's success, it can be considered the biggest improvement in the half-marathon world record in history.
00:50Aside from this, Kiplimo also set a new world record of 39 minutes and 47 seconds in the 15-kilometer mark of the race.
