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Ethiopian runner Kejelcha breaks the men's half-marathon world record by one second
Ethiopia's Yomif Kejelcha celebrates winning gold in the Men's 3000 Metres final during day four of the 2018 IAAF Indoor World Championships at The Arena Birmingham
Ex-captain lifted World Cups in both white-ball formats and won five Ashes series
ETHIOPIAN runner Yomif Kejelcha made every second count as he broke the men's half-marathon record by a second yesterday.
Kejelcha finished strongly in the Spanish city of Valencia to set a time of 57 minutes, 30 seconds, knocking a single second off the record set in 2021 by Ugandan runner Jacob Kiplimo in Lisbon.
Kejelcha is a former world championship 10,000m silver medallist and holds the indoor world record for the mile, which he set in Boston in 2019.
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