Kenyan athlete Sheila Chepkirui won the Trinidad Alfonso Zurich Half Marathon in Valencia, Spain, on October 25, finishing with a time of 1 hour, 3 minutes, and 51 seconds.
Speaking at a post-race press conference, Chepkirui stated that setting the world's best mark of the year was not her initial objective for the competition, though she acknowledged that the outcome was much better for her.
Her winning performance stands as the world-leading time for the year and ranks as the seventh-fastest time in history for the distance.
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