Ethiopian Yomif Kejelcha has set a brand new world report on his method to successful the Valencia Half Marathon.
Kejelcha, who additionally holds the indoor mile world report, set in Boston in 2019, completed in 57 minutes 30 seconds in moist circumstances within the Spanish metropolis.
The 27-year-old’s time was one second faster than Ugandan Jacob Kiplimo’s mark from Lisbon three years in the past.
The ladies’s race was gained by Agnes Ngetich of Kenya, who moved to second on the planet all-time rankings with a time 63:04.
In solely his sixth half marathon, Kejelcha settled in behind the pacemakers from the beginning, making his transfer across the three-kilometre mark and ultimately breaking away from Kenyans Daniel Mateiko and Isaia Kipkoech for victory.
Kejelcha is a two-time world indoor 3000m champion however may solely end sixth within the 10,000m closing on the Paris Olympics earlier this 12 months.