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Takahashi and the marathon's sub-2:20 breakthrough revisited

Original: Takahashi and the marathon’s sub-2:20 breakthrough | News | Heritage

World Athletics has revisited the historic moment Naoko Takahashi became the first woman to run a marathon under 2 hours 20 minutes, clocking 2:19:46 at the 2001 Berlin Marathon. The heritage feature looks back at how her landmark run reshaped women's distance running and opened the door for future sub-2:20 performances by marathoners worldwide.

Why now: World Athletics has published a heritage retrospective on Takahashi's landmark sub-2:20 marathon, prompting renewed discussion of her achievement.

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