Jacob Kipmo destroys the world record of half marathon for less than 57 minutes during the dominant victory in Barcelona
Jacob Kipmo kicked out records of records and set the fastest half marathon in history with an amazing victory in Edreada Mitja Marató Barcelona on Sunday.
Ugandan took advantage of the ideal weather conditions to withdraw in just 56 minutes and 42 seconds, which made him the first runner to go under 57 minutes in a distance from the half marathon.
Kipim’s time broke the previous record at 57:30, which was set up last year by Yomif Kejelch in Ethiopia in Valenner, and the performance is the biggest individual improvement of the world record ever recorded.
The 24-year-old also set the world’s best from 40:07 for 15 km on his way to victory in history, where he ended up more than two minutes away from the nearest challenger Geoffrey Kamworor.
“I am very excited about what I did today,” said Kipmo, a former bronze medal from Olympic and World Championships at 10,000 meters.
“I wanted to have a great race, but I didn’t expect to knock down the world record!”
Kipmo immediately took control of the introductory miles and was already at the world record pace until he reached 5 km at 13:34, putting it almost 20 seconds from the field, and then continued to improve to pass the 10 km control point 26:46.
He retreated to the next miles, passing a trace of 20 km at 53:42 to finish another part of 26:46 10 km, and Kipmo closed his dominant victory to regain the world record he set in Lisbon 2021.
“It was a perfect race,” Kipmo added. “Ideal temperature, no wind at all, a fantastic circle – everything went better than it was expected.
“Paysmejker set up an agreed pace of 2:45, but I found myself full of energy and I decided to inject a faster rhythm from the third kilometer, but I never imagined that I was performing under a 57-minute barrier, that’s stunning.”
After the victory, Kipmo confirmed that he would no longer race until the London Marathon TCS 27. April, where he will make his debut as part of a field with stars containing four -time winner Eliud Kipchoge.
