Letesenbet Gidey World Record Label. Ethiopia's letesenbet gidey smashed the women's half marathon world record on sunday, finishing in one hour, two minutes and 52 seconds at the valencia half marathon. Ethiopian athlete letesenbet gidey broke the women's half marathon world record sunday as she finished the valencia half marathon in 1 hour, 2 minutes and 52 seconds.

Letesenbet gidey, who on october 7 broke the 5000m world record, clocked 29:01.03 at the ethiopian olympic trials in the netherlands. One year after finishing second in the 10,000 meters at the 2019 iaaf world championships, letesenbet gidey became the fastest woman to ever run 5,000 meters.