Fancy Chemutai's RAK Half Marathon Performance May Be World Record After All

By Adam Kopet

According to Xinhua, RAK Half Marathon organizers will be submitting Fancy Chemutai's time from Friday to the IAAF for world record ratification..

Chemutai won the race in 1:04:52, just one second off Joyciline Jepkosgei's world record set last fall. That mark was one second faster than her record run at the Prague Half Marathon, a time which Chemutai equaled Friday.

However, Jepkosgei's fall race in Valencia, Spain, has not yet been ratified by the IAAF as the world record. Thus, Chemutai's time has tied the current ratified record.

Should Jepkosgei's Valencia time be ratified, Chemutai will lose out on her chance to co-hold the record.

Both women are scheduled to race the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships next month in Valencia where they will represent Kenya.