Ethiopia’s Tigist Assefa obliterated the women’s marathon world record on Sunday as she won the Berlin Marathon, completing the course in 2:11:53 and shaving more than two minutes off the ...

Assefa came from nowhere to win last year’s Berlin Marathon in 2:15:37, then the third-fastest women’s time in history. Her lone marathon time before that was 2:34:01 (in a race that she ran while ...

Ethiopia’s Tigst Assefa shattered the women’s marathon world record by over two minutes Sunday morning at the Berlin Marathon. Assefa ran 2:11:53 (5:02 mile pace) to break the previous record ...