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Fotyen Tesfay ran 2:10:53 in her marathon debut, marking the second-fastest women's time ever and beating the previous world record holder's mark.
- On Sunday, Fotyen Tesfay of Ethiopia won the Zurich Barcelona Marathon in Spain, recording the second-fastest women's time and the fastest debut at the distance.
- Targeting the 2:09:56 world record, Tesfay arrived with a 1:03:04 half-marathon and recent championship credentials.
- During the race, she passed 30K in 1:32 and 40K in 2:03:31 as windy conditions started to take their toll on the group, working with two male pacemakers, covering 10K in 31:05 and the halfway split in 1:05:05.
- After the finish, Tesfay said 'Today was fantastic-- not what I was expecting, but it is good' and acknowledged wind hindered her late push, winning by nearly eight minutes.
- The result places Tesfay in the all-time lists as the first since Ruth Chepngetich, who is serving a three-year ban after testing positive for hydrochlorothiazide and had results annulled, leaving her record contested.
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Fotyen Tesfay Marathon Ethiopia’s Foten Tesfay had never run in a marathon prior to Sunday, so you can imagine the surprise of the running community when she not only won the Barcelona marathon, but did so in an eye-popping time. Tesfay, 28, destroyed the field in Barcelona, winning in an event-record time of 2:10:53. But the time wasn’t just a record for the Barcelona race; it was also the second-fastest women’s marathon time ever, behind only …
Ethiopian Fotyen Tesfay won the Barcelona Marathon on Sunday in a brilliant time in the women's competition.
Ethiopian Fotjen Tesfaj, seventh in the 10,000m at the Paris Olympics, achieved the second-fastest marathon time in history in Barcelona, running the 42.195km in two hours, 10 minutes and 53 seconds, World Athletics announced.
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