Ethiopian runner Yomif Kejelcha made every second count as he broke the men's half-marathon record by just one second Sunday.
Kejelcha finished strongly in the Spanish city of Valencia to set a time of 57 minutes, 30 seconds, knocking a single second off the record set in 2021 by Ugandan runner Jacob Kiplimo in Lisbon, Portugal.
Kejelcha is a former world championship silver medallist in the 10,000 meters and holds the indoor world record for the mile, which he set in Boston in 2019.
Like all track and field records, Kejelcha's will be subject to ratification procedures before World Athletics considers it official.
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