Tiruye Mesfin got back up and finished in second place with a time of 2:20:18.
, “I knew that I could probably run a 2:20 time. This course is really fast and good for records.”
Tuitoek says she was just running her own race and was surprised to win. She told race organizers, “I did not see when Tiruye Mesfin fell, I was just fully focused on myself. I still had enough energy. I knew that I could probably run a 2:20 time. This course is really fast and good for records.”—smashing the previous record set by Juliet Chekwel by nearly three minutes—and secured her ticket to the 2023 World Championships in Budapest.
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