US EditionUganda's Kiplimo regains world half marathon record in Lisbon
- On Sunday, Jacob Kiplimo set a new men's half marathon world record of 57 minutes and 20 seconds at the Lisbon Half Marathon in Lisbon, after deciding the record was possible past 10km.
- The race began at a rapid pace despite no pacemakers, with Kiplimo covering the first five kilometres in 13:28 and the leaders reaching the 10km mark in 27:00; Kiplimo said he pushed in the final two kilometres.
- Kenya's Nicholas Kipkorir finished second in 58:08, with Gilbert Kiprotich third in 58:59, and Kipkorir crossing 48 seconds behind the winner.
- The Lisbon win returns Kiplimo to the top of the record books after his 57:31 2021 mark was briefly eclipsed by Ethiopian runner Yomif Kejelcha in Valencia.
- Despite an unratified 56:42 in Barcelona last year, Kiplimo's performance in Lisbon set a new world half marathon record, the first since his 2021 mark was surpassed.
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Ugandan athlete Jacob Kiplimo put in an impressive performance in a competition held in Lisbon, Portugal, on Sunday, breaking the half marathon world record.
World athletics lived one of its most memorable chapters on the streets of Lisbon. Ugandan fondist Jacob Kiplimo, 25, again demonstrated why he is one of the living legends of the long distance by breaking the world record in the half marathon test.
Ugandan Breaks Half-Marathon World Record With Pace That Doesn't Seem Humanly Possible
There are certain individual athletic achievements we witness in a lifetime that make you pick your jaw up off the floor, but the logical reaction to seeing what Jacob Kiplimo accomplished during a half-marathon over the weekend is to subscribe to the idea that we are, in fact, living amongst aliens, because the Ugandan can not be human.Kiplimo competed in a half-marathon in Lisbon on Sunday and won the race by setting a new world record, comple…
The Ugandan athlete completed the 21 kilometers in 57:20. He has previously run faster than that under suspicious circumstances.
Stripped of World Record, Uganda’s Jacob Kiplimo Reclaims Domination by Making History
Even the fastest performance can sting if it isn’t officially recognized – a lesson Jacob Kiplimo learned the hard way! In February 2025, he ran the fastest half-marathon anyone had ever run. Yet World Athletics did not ratify the time as a world record. That setback would have discouraged most athletes, but Kiplimo turned it into motivation. In March 2026, he returned to the road and secured a fully ratified world record, hence reclaiming his p…
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