World records ratified: Duplantis’s 6.18m pole vault and Yeshaneh's 1:04:31 half marathon © Getty Images World Athletics: (August 21, 2020) Armand Duplantis’s world pole vault record of 6.18m and Ababel Yeshaneh’s world half marathon record of 1:04:31 have been ratified. “It’s the best little split second," he added. "Everything builds up to that little split second and the freefall was magical." "Everything builds up to that little split second and the freefall was magical." Yeshaneh ran close to marathon world record-holder Brigid Kosgei from the outset, as the latter lead through five kilometres in 15:07 and 10 kilometres in 30:18.

Source: Ethiopian News August 21, 2020 10:30 UTC