{"id":170212,"date":"2025-02-18T14:30:43","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T09:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=170212"},"modified":"2025-02-18T14:30:44","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T09:00:44","slug":"jacob-kiplimo-breaks-half-marathon-world-record-in-barcelona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/jacob-kiplimo-breaks-half-marathon-world-record-in-barcelona\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacob Kiplimo Breaks Half-Marathon World Record in Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ugandan runner Jacob Kiplimo made history in Barcelona by breaking the world half-marathon record. The 24-year-old, who previously held the title in 2021, finished the 21.0975 km race in an incredible 56 minutes and 42 seconds. This remarkable performance was 48 seconds faster than the previous record, which was set by Ethiopia\u2019s Yomif Kejelcha in November 2024. Kiplimo\u2019s achievement is being celebrated as the greatest single improvement in the men\u2019s world half-marathon record ever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key Highlights of Jacob Kiplimo\u2019s Performance<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Record Time:<\/strong>\u00a0Jacob Kiplimo set a new half-marathon world record of 56 minutes 42 seconds.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Improvement:<\/strong>\u00a0He improved the previous world record by 48 seconds.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Perfect Conditions:<\/strong>\u00a0The race was held under ideal conditions\u201413\u00b0C temperature with no wind\u2014allowing Kiplimo to perform at his best.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Pacing Strategy:<\/strong>\u00a0Kiplimo started with the pacemakers at a 2:45 per kilometer pace, but by the third kilometer, he decided to increase his pace, completing the race faster than expected.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">World Record<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>New World Best:<\/strong>\u00a0In addition to the half-marathon record, Kiplimo set a world best for 15km with a time of 40:07.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Speed Breakdown:<\/strong>\u00a0Kiplimo averaged 22.3 km\/h (2:41 per kilometer), which equates to a 13:26 for 5 km and 26:53 for 10 km.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Personal Best for 10km:<\/strong>\u00a0His personal best for 10km on the track is 26:33.93.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Future Goals<\/strong>: Kiplimo is set to debut in the London Marathon on April 27, where he is confident of challenging the marathon world record of 2:00:35.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ugandan runner Jacob Kiplimo made history in Barcelona by breaking the world half-marathon record. The 24-year-old, who previously held the title in 2021, finished the 21.0975 km race in an incredible 56 minutes and 42 seconds. This remarkable performance was 48 seconds faster than the previous record, which was set by Ethiopia\u2019s Yomif Kejelcha in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":419,"featured_media":170217,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5359],"tags":[59],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-170212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs-february-2025","tag-sports-current-affairs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/419"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170212"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170212\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":170218,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170212\/revisions\/170218"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170212"},{"taxonomy":"offerexpiration","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/offerexpiration?post=170212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}