Jacob Kiplimo runs world best for 15km His winning mark of

Jacob Kiplimo Sets New 15km World Record at Zevenheuvelenloop
Ugandan clocks 40:42 at the NN Zevenheuvelenloop, or ‘Seven Hills Race’, in Nijmegen
Jacob Kiplimo won the NN Zevenheuvelenloop road race in Nijmegen in 40:42 – the quickest ever time recorded in a standalone 15km race – on Sunday (Nov 17).

Kiplimo improved his course record by 23 seconds, although he has run even quicker with a 40:27 split en route to his half-marathon best of 57:31 in Lisbon in 2021.

Leading results
Women
1 Mizan Alem (ETH) 46:51
2 Diane van Es (NED) 47:51
3 Enyish Mengie (ETH) 49:21
4 Fionnuala McCormack (IRL) 49:22
5 Haruka Ogawa (JPN) 49:39

Men
1 Jacob Kiplimo (UGA) 40:42
2 Mike Foppen (NED) 43:19
3 Marc Scott (GBR) 43:21
4 Rui Aoki (JPN) 43:23
5 Matthew Kiplimo (KEN) 43:24