By Associated PressTigst Assefa didn’t just break the world record in the women’s marathon Sunday in Berlin, she obliterated it, lowering it by more than two minutes and becoming the first woman to finish a marathon in under 2 hours 12 minutes. The 26-year-old Ethiopian, an 800-meter specialist running only her third marathon, finished in 2 hours 11 minutes 53 seconds on the flat, inner-city course. She broke the 2:14:04 mark set by Brigid Kosgei in 2019 in Chicago and was nearly six minutes faster than the second-place finisher, Kenya’s Sheila Chepkirui (2:17:49). Tanzania’s Magdalena Shauri was third in 2:18:41, and … Continue reading Ethiopia: Tigst Assefa shatters women’s world record shattered by more than 2 minutes in Berlin Marathon