Agnes Ngetich clocks second-fastest time in history with dominant win in France

ATHLETICS Agnes Ngetich clocks second-fastest time in history with dominant win in France

Abigael Wafula 08:30 - 19.11.2023

Agnes Ngetich clocked 29:24, the second-fastest time in history, to win the 10km road race in Lille, France.

Reigning World Cross-country bronze medallist Agnes Ngetich was in a class of her own as she reigned supreme in the 10km road race in Lille, France on Saturday, November 18.

Ngetich clocked 29:24, the second-fastest time ever to win the race ahead of Emmaculate Anyango who clocked a Personal Best time of 29:34 to finish second. Christine Njoki completed the podium, clocking 29:40 to cross the finish line.

The 22-year-old has been in stellar form this season and will be keen to continue the winning streak to next year’s Olympic Games in Paris, France, where she intends to compete in the 10,000m.

Ngetich previously clocked a world record time of 29:24 at the Brasov Running Festival in Romania but the record was not ratified by World Athletics since the course did not meet the required standards.

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She is also fresh from reigning supreme at the Athletics Kenya Cross-Country Meet held at Kyongong Grounds, Bomet County.

She clocked 31:55 to win the race ahead of Cynthia Chepngeno and Sandra Chebet who finished second and third in respective times of 31:59 and 32:11.

Ngetich’s time is the second-fastest time by a woman in history. She now comes behind former London Marathon champion Yalemzerf Yehualaw, who clocked a world record time of 29:14 to win the women's event in Castellón, Spain earlier this year.

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