Rosa Mota breaks world record for the half marathon for veterans

Marathon, | The former Portuguese Olympic champion had already won the European cross-country veterans championship last week, at the same level.

Olympic champion in 1988 took more than six minutes away from the current mark.

In Riga, in the parallel race to the World Road Championships, the 1988 Seoul Olympic marathon champion was 13th overall and won the race for her age group, surpassing the Swiss Emmi Luthi, who had run 1:32 .56 in 2009. Rosa Mota left the runner-up in the class, the Finnish Kaarina Back, more than 22 minutes away (1:48 .41). Last week, Rosa Mota had won the European cross-country veterans championship, at the same level.

Today, the Portuguese Rosa Mota broke the world record for the half marathon for athletes between 65 and 69 years old, completing the distance in 1:26 .06 hours, taking more than six minutes away from the previous best mark. In Riga, in the parallel race to the World Road Championships, the 1988 Seoul Olympic marathon champion was 13th overall and won the race for her age group, surpassing the Swiss Emmi Luthi, who had run 1:32 .56 in 2009. Rosa…

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