Ringer and Pfeiffer win in record time at Generali Köln half marathon

The half marathon at the Generali Köln-Marathon was the fastest race the city has hosted. Richard Ringer of LC Rehlingen won in 61:50, breaking a course record that had stood for 16 years. The previous best was 63:00, set in 2010 by Kenyan Leonard Kipkoech Langat. Esther Pfeiffer of Düsseldorf Athletics also went under the course record. Jona Bodirsky of TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen finished second in 62:52, also below the old mark. Yohan Zaradzki of Belgium came third in 63:17. Ringer, the 2022 European marathon champion, said he had planned to stay only just under the record because he did not want to overreach three weeks before the Frankfurt Marathon. Seven weeks earlier he had placed tenth at the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham and won team silver alongside European champion Amanal Petros and Samuel Fitwi.

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