Race walk world records, and Valencia runs fast
Yaseen Abdalla had never raced a half marathon. He ran 59:10 in Valencia and took more than five minutes off the Sudanese national record. Two race walk world records landed the same weekend.
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Races and results
Henderson walks 3:14:52 world record, Kawano sets men's first
Australia's Rebecca Henderson clocked 3:14:52 to better the women's marathon race walk world record, with Japan's Masatora Kawano taking the inaugural men's record at 2:55:14, World Athletics says. The marathon race walk is a newer championship event, and these are the first marks on the board for the men.
Henderson made a #BQ by 10 minutes, but Kawano missed by 15 seconds
Valencia half: Chepkirui 63:51, Kwizera 58:03, Abdalla 59:10 debut
Sheila Chepkirui won the Valencia Half Marathon in 63:51, one second up on Diana Wanza, the pair becoming the sixth and seventh women ever under 64 minutes. Rodrigue Kwizera took the men's race in a Spanish record 58:03 with Thierry Ndikumwenayo second in 58:09, both over a minute under the old national mark.
Dorfel debuts in 2:20:46 at Frankfurt, second-fastest German ever
Germany's Blanka Dorfel ran 2:20:46 in her marathon debut at Frankfurt, the second-fastest time ever by a German woman, per David Monti. She went through halfway in 1:10:29 and came back in 1:10:17.