Natasha Wodak breaks Canadian record at Berlin Marathon

Natasha Wodak broken vancouver Malindi Elmore Canadian marathon record in a performance of 2:23:12 at the Berlin Marathon. This is his 1 minute and 38 seconds faster than his 2:24:50 that Elmore set in Houston in 2020. Wodak was a very competitive and surprising women’s race where she finished 12th.

Tigist Asefa The 28-year-old from Ethiopia not only broke the women’s course record, she set a 19-minute personal best of 2:15:38 to become the third fastest female marathoner ever. . This was her second marathon for her. (Brigid Kosgei Kenya holds the world record of 2:14:04. Paula Radcliffe It was held at 2:15:25 in the UK. )

This was better than Kipchoge’s world record.

Tigist Asefa, who competed in the 800 m at the Olympics in 2016, ran 2:15:37 to win the 2022 Berlin Marathon. This was her second marathon after she ran 2:34 in Riyadh in March.

She is currently third all-time behind Brigid Kosgei and Paula Radcliffe. pic.twitter.com/lIpcsFfsih

— Jonathan Gault (@jgault13) September 25, 2022

Assefa entered the race in 2:34 PB from the Riyadh Marathon in March. It’s safe to say that no one, perhaps herself, thought she would win today. Asefa has several wins in the 10km and half marathon this year, including in Gothenburg, Sweden and Herzogenaurach, Germany (where she achieved her half marathon PB of 1:07:28). ).

rosemary wanjiru of Kenyan runners finished second with a time of 2:18:00. This is an amazing time for a first marathon. Tigist Abachu The Ethiopian was third with a time of 2:18:03.

US record holder Keira D’Amato He set his fastest personal record and revealed he was aiming for an American record (set this year), just nine weeks after finishing eighth at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon. , had to do recovery and training. She couldn’t fight in Berlin today and she had to settle for sixth (and she had a great time of 2:21:48).

The women’s race at today’s Berlin Marathon has been postponed. Eliud Kipchoge World record breaking effort. A great man, he was 30 seconds off the 2018 world record (set on the same course), but had no competitors. From a competitive point of view, the women’s race was more interesting.

A veteran of Canada’s road running and track scene, Wodak (and former Canadian record holder in the 10,000m) is well on his way to the marathon. She updated her personal best (2:26:19) at her The Marathon Project in Arizona in 2020, and at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics she finished 13th. This build was introduced in Berlin and it was proven by her great results today.