Ethiopia's Gemechu breaks women's record at Copenhagen Half Marathon

COPENHAGEN, Sept. 19 (Xinhua) -- Tsehay Gemechu from Ethiopia stormed to the finish line in 1:05:08 to set a new women's record in the Copenhagen Half Marathon on Sunday.

The 22-year-old cut seven seconds off the race record set by the Netherlands' double Olympic gold medalist Sifan Hassan in 2018.

Finishing in second place was fellow Ethiopian Hawi Feysa, 33 seconds adrift, and Kenya's Vivian Kiplagat cr