An exclusive Q&A with the runner after she took 22 minutes and 31 seconds off her 26.2 mile best at the TCS London There's no ...

There are the all-time greats like Haile Gebrselassie and Kenesia Bekele and today’s superstars like Tigist Assefa, the ...

Many people believed that Tigist Assefa had a score to settle at this year’s London Marathon. The former marathon world record holder who clocked a seismic 2:11:53 at the 2023 Berlin Marathon ...

Her fastest-ever clocking in a women-only race, nearly 3 minutes ahead of her chasers, pleased Tigst Assefa mightily. (KEVIN MORRIS) LONDON, ENGLAND, April 26 — Olympic silver medalist Tigst Assefa ...

Chepngetich obliterated Tigist Assefa’s world record of 2:11:53, set in Berlin in 2023, at the 2024 Chicago Marathon, running 2:09:56, becoming the first woman to run a sub 2:10 the 42.195km ...

The 2025 London Marathon broke the record for the most amount of finishers. Photo by Karwai Tang/WireImage The London Marathon has received more than 1.1 million applications for the 2026 race ...

Ethiopia’s Tigist Assefa smashed the women-only world record by 26 seconds at the TCS London Marathon, running 2:15:50* to win the World Athletics Platinum Label Road race. On a warm and sunny day, ...

Second place, Kenya’s Joyciline Jepkosgei (L), winner, Ethiopia’s Tigst Assefa (C) and second place Netherland’s Sifan Hassan (R) pose with their trophies at the presentation ceremony for ...

Around 56,000 finished the 42km on Sunday, with Sabastian Sawe and Tigst Assefa taking the men’s and women’s races respectively. Dozens of celebrities also took part with the likes of Chris ...