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Ethiopia’s Tigst Assefa breaks women’s world record in London Marathon
Assefa finished the race, with no male runners on the course, in 2:15:50, pulling away from Kenya’s Joyciline Jepkosgei.
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FLASH: Assefa breaks women-only world marathon record with 2:15:50 in London
Ethiopia’s Tigist Assefa smashed the women-only world record by 26 seconds at the TCS London Marathon, running 2:15:50* to ...
London Marathon: Tigst Assefa breaks women's only world record, Sabastian Sawe wins men's title
It's the second-fastest women's time in London Marathon history behind Brit Paula Radcliffe's 2:15:25 from 2003, when she had ...
Nearly half of the world’s 100 tallest bridges are in this Chinese province. Now it’s building one to top them all
In travel news this week: the world’s smallest park, Spain’s greatest food, plus North Americans who started new lives in ...
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Donovan’s Deep Dives: Taiwan’s swaggering culture and the erection of Taipei 101
In the March 9 edition of the Taipei Times a piece by Ninon Godefroy ran with the headine “The quiet, gentle rhythm of Taiwan.” It started with the line “Taiwan is a small, humble place. There is no ...