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Chepngetich eyes another talking point at Lisbon 21km race

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Kenya's Ruth Chepngetich celebrates after winning the 2024 Chicago Marathon women's race at Grant Park in Chicago, Illinois. [AFP]

The women's half marathon world record faces a major threat next month when Ruth Chepngetich, the first woman to run 42km under 2:10 stomps the streets of Lisbon.

Organisers of the March 9 Lisbon Half Marathon event confirmed yesterday that Chepngetich, who shattered the women's marathon record last October in Chicago, will lead a stellar field assembled purely for history-making.

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