{"id":15333,"date":"2026-09-07T21:22:49","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T21:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tewnet.com\/index\/?p=15333"},"modified":"2026-09-08T01:20:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T01:20:13","slug":"yomif-kejelcha-runs-5651-half-marathon-record-in-buenos-aires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tewnet.com\/index\/15333","title":{"rendered":"Yomif Kejelcha Runs 56:51 Half Marathon Record in Buenos Aires"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MmEwk0Il_H0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Ethiopian distance star Yomif Kejelcha just put the half marathon world record back in Ethiopian hands.<\/p>\n<p>On August 23 in Buenos Aires, Kejelcha clocked 56:51 at the Media Maraton Ciudad de Buenos Aires. That time cuts 29 seconds off Jacob Kiplimo&#8217;s 57:20 from Lisbon earlier this year. World Athletics still has to formally ratify it, but the mark is already sitting at the top of the 2026 rankings.<\/p>\n<p>Fellow Ethiopians Tadese Worku (59:20) and Bereket Nega (1:00:20) completed a clean podium sweep. On the women&#8217;s side, Fotyen Tesfay won in 1:03:57.<\/p>\n<p>Kejelcha said he felt good mid-race and decided to go all out. He even joked about trying Argentine meat afterward and catching a football match. Classic Yomif.<\/p>\n<p>This comes after his stunning marathon debut in London earlier this year, when he ran under two hours. Another big moment for Ethiopian road running.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ethiopian distance star Yomif Kejelcha just put the half marathon world record back in Ethiopian hands. On August 23 in Buenos Aires, Kejelcha clocked 56:51 at the Media Maraton Ciudad de Buenos Aires. That time cuts 29 seconds off Jacob Kiplimo&#8217;s 57:20 from Lisbon earlier this year. World Athletics still has to formally ratify it, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":15334,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,420,441],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-and-entertainment","category-news","category-sport"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9OJMY-3Zj","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/tewnet.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/yomif-kejelcha-buenos-aires.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tewnet.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tewnet.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tewnet.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tewnet.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tewnet.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15333"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tewnet.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15336,"href":"https:\/\/tewnet.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15333\/revisions\/15336"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tewnet.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tewnet.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tewnet.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tewnet.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}