Berlin Marathon has recorded 13 world records during the race’s history. This is a record in itself because there is no other marathon race worldwide that comes close to such a number.Ok, Sunday, 27 September, Tigst Assefa will go for Berlin’s world record number 14.##NAJAVA_MECA_9985343##The Ethiopian long-distance star wants to get the world record back on Sunday. Three years ago she moved the women’s marathon into new dimensions when she clocked 2:11:53 at Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate.Download Our MozzartSport App for More NewsHowever, the mark was improved to 2:09:56 by Kenya's Ruth Chepngetich. Assefa will be looking to beat the 2:10:00 barrier, the second woman to do so.“I am really looking forward to running on the fast course in Berlin again and hope that I can continue my success story here on Sunday. I am very well prepared and want to run a personal best (PB)," Assefa, whose 2:11:53 PB is still the Berlin course record as well, said.Assefa will face the defending champion Rosemary Wanjiru. However, the Kenyan will not be following Assefa’s world record pace.Agnes Jebet sets sights on elusive medal after stellar 2026 seasonShe aims to improve her PB of 2:16:14 to under 2:15:00. Ethiopians Bedatu Hirpa (PB: 2:18:27), Dera Dida (2:18:32), and Zeineba Yimer (2:18:47) are also aiming for such a time.“We know each other very well, of course, and I expect us to produce strong performances,” said Dida, a training partner to Assefa.The third women’s group is expected to run sub-2:20:00 pace. Finnish European Champion Alisa Vainio (2:20:39), who is competing in Berlin despite the short interval since the continental championships in Birmingham on 16 August, will probably join this group.“I aim to improve my personal best and hopefully run under 2:20,“ said Alisa Vainio, who also competed at the Finnish Championships’ marathon in Jyväskylä just twelve days ago. She won this one as well with 2:27:47. “But for me this was just like a training run, and it felt fine.“Veteran coach explains how sprint records could fall in Nairobi 2029 World ChampionshipsBerlin’s elite field has got very good depth once more. Seven runners on the start list have personal bests of sub 2:20:00. There have never been more than that in Berlin. And a record number of 13 women have entered with PBs of under 2:22:00.Elite WomenTigst Assefa ETH 2:11:53Rosemary Wanjiru KEN 2:16:14Bedatu Hirpa ETH 2:18:27Dera Dida ETH 2:18:32Zeineba Yimer ETH 2:18:47Misgane Alemayehu ETH 2:19:08Bekelech Gudeta ETH 2:19:39Evaline Chirchir KEN 2:20:33Alisa Vainio FIN 2:20:39Deshun Zhang CHN 2:20:53Eebbisee Addunyaa ETH 2:21:13Aminet Ahmed ETH 2:21:24Rika Kaseda JPN 2:21:55Mao Uesugi JPN 2:22:11Pascaline Jelagat KEN 2:22:44Manon Trapp FRA 2:23:38Natsuki Omori JPN 2:23:45Fatima Gardadi MAR 2:24:06Laura Hottenrott GER 2:24:32Kristina Hendel GER 2:27:29Anna Langerwisch GER 2:32:13Thea Heim GER 2:33:25Esther Pfeiffer GER 2:37:00
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