Copenhagen hosted the world championship in road running. Agnes Ngetich from Kenya ran very fast. She needed 1 hour, 5 minutes and 15 seconds for the half marathon. This is a new world record for women only races. She was 1 second faster than the old record. Agnes Ngetich now holds 3 world records in running.
Julia Mayer from Austria was also very good. She ran the half marathon in 1 hour, 10 minutes and 54 seconds. This is a new record for Austria. She got place 38. The race was hard because of strong wind. Julia Mayer said after the race: The whole race was a fight.
Andreas Almgren from Sweden won the men race. He needed 58 minutes and 6 seconds. This is a new Europe record. Other runners from Austria were Timo Hinterndorfer and Aaron Gruen. Hinterndorfer got place 57. Gruen got place 83. Oria Liaci from Switzerland also ran. She got her best personal time and got place 29.
New records at the road running world championship
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Definitions
- Half marathon
- A half marathon is a long run. The way is 21 kilometers long. This is half of a full marathon.
- World record
- A world record is the best time on the whole earth. No person was faster before.
- Europe record
- An Europe record is the best time for a person from Europe.
People
- Agnes Ngetich
- Agnes Ngetich is a runner from Kenya. She has many world records in running.
- Julia Mayer
- Julia Mayer is a runner from Austria. She has the record for Austria in the half marathon.
- Andreas Almgren
- Andreas Almgren is an athlete from Sweden. He runs very fast and has the Europe record.
Locations
- Copenhagen
- Copenhagen is the main city of Denmark. The world championship was there.
Sources
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