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- Tigst Assefa won the 2025 London Marathon, capturing the gold and breaking the women’s-only world record with a historic performance. This marked a major milestone in her career after her Olympic silver in 2024 and subsequent seasons.[4][6]
- In 2024, she earned an Olympic silver in the marathon in Paris, finishing a close second to Sifan Hassan in a race that ended with a controversial moment at the finish line; a protest was considered but not upheld by the governing body. This remains one of the defining moments of her Olympic campaign.[1]
- Earlier, she set a world marathon record in Berlin in September 2023, clocking 2:11:53 to break Brigid Kosgei’s previous mark by over two minutes; this established her status as one of the fastest female marathoners in history.[3]
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