Ngetich Smashes Women-Only Half Marathon World Record in Copenhagen
Kenyan Agnes Ngetich won the women’s half marathon at the World Road Running Championships in Copenhagen with 1:05:15, breaking the previous women-only world record set by Peres Jepchirchir in 2020. Letesenbet Gidey holds the overall women’s half-marathon world record at 1:02:52. Ngetich also owns recent 10km world records in women-only and mixed races and plans to return to track racing in 2027 World Athletics Championships to chase a gold.