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Agnes NGETICH

Agnes NGETICH - Kenya - 6th in 10,000m at 2023 World Championships.

Photo/Foto: George Herringshaw

Date: 19 August 2023

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    • DATE OF BIRTH
      Tuesday, 23 January 2001
    • PLACE OF BIRTH
      Kenya.
  • INTERNATIONAL
  • Kenya
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Agnes NGETICH - Kenya - 6th in 10,000m at 2023 World Championships.

Agnes Ngetich leading a trio of Ethiopian runners in the women's

10,000 metres final in Budapest. She set a P.B. of 31:34.83.


2023 World Athletics Championships. Budapest, Hungary.

Final women's 10,000 metres, 19th August.

 

1st place, gold medalist(s) Gudaf Tsegay  Ethiopia (ETH) 31:27.18
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Letesenbet Gidey  Ethiopia (ETH) 31:28.16 SB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ejgayehu Taye  Ethiopia (ETH) 31:28.31
4 Irine Jepchumba Kimais  Kenya (KEN) 31:32.19 SB
5 Alicia Monson  United States (USA) 31:32.29
6 Agnes Jebet Ngetich  Kenya (KEN) 31:34.83 PB
7 Ririka Hironaka  Japan (JPN) 31:35.12 SB
8 Jessica Warner-Judd  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 31:35.38

In September 2023, Ngetich broke the women-only world 10km record in the

Transylvania 10km in Brasov, Romania, with a time of 29:24.

This surpassed the previous mark of 30:01 set by the late Agnes Tirop

in Herzogenaurach in September 2021. (Road, not track, records).

Agnes Tirop was murdred by her husband on 13th October 2021, aged just 25.