Berlin Marathon 2026: Tigst Assefa Challenges World Record, Runs No. 3 Time in History
The Ethiopian finished in 2:11:04, the third-fastest women’s marathon time, after fading late but still beating her own course record.
- On Sunday, Ethiopian runner Tigst Assefa won the Berlin Marathon in 2hr 11min 04min, crossing the finish line while visibly limping from a foot injury.
- Assefa maintained world-record pace through 35km, pulling 15 seconds clear of the required tempo, but the 29-year-old began struggling with a foot problem near the finish line.
- Her time of 2hr 11min 04min is the third-fastest in history, breaking her previous course record of 2:11:53 set in 2023. Assefa missed the podium ceremony while receiving medical treatment.
- Guye Adola won the men's race in 2:02:50, adding another Berlin crown after his 2021 victory. It was an all-Ethiopian podium in the women's event, with Bedatu Hirpa second and Dera Dida third.
- Kenyan athlete Ruth Chepngetich retains the women's world record of 2:09:56, though the result is overshadowed by her three-year doping ban received in 2025. Berlin remains the premier course where the world record has been broken 13 times.
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Tigst Assefa is on the world record at the Berlin Marathon. But then health problems arise. The Ethiopian is humping into the goal. A seemingly inhumane effort of will with an injury that actually makes this impossible.
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Ethiopian long-distance runner Tigst Assefa set the third-best time ever in the women's marathon in Berlin on Sunday.
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