The world running organisation the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races (AIMS) is delighted to announce that the Kenyan athlete Florence Kiplagat has been awarded the AIMS World Record Award in recognition of her world record breaking Half Marathon time of 1:05:09 set in the eDreams Mitja Marató de Barcelona on 15 February 2015.
Today (Friday 27 November 2015) in Delhi (India), Florence’s record breaking achievement was recognised by AIMS during a presentation at the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon Media Centre. Florence was presented with her award in advance of the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon in which she is scheduled to compete. The presentation was jointly made by AIMS General Secretary Hugh Jones and Vivek Singh, Joint Managing Director of Procam International, the promoters of the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon.
Kiplagat (28) broke the world record at the eDreams Mitja Marató de Barcelona in a time of 1:05:09 and in doing so, broke her own world record set in the same event in 2014. Florence improved her 2014 time of 1:05:12 by 3 seconds. Florence received the AIMS World Record Award for the first time in recognition of her 2014 world record in October of that year
Florence’s time of 1:05:09 has been officially recognised as the world record by the IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federations) and by AIMS (Association of International Marathons and Distance Races which represents over 390 distance running events in 108 countries and territories). AIMS set the world record criteria for performances on the road later adopted by the IAAF.
AIMS have been awarding athletes in recognition of world record breaking performances since 1985. This is the third time that Florence has been given an award by AIMS. In addition to the AIMS world record Award in 2014 detailed above, her outstanding performances throughout that year were recognised with the AIMS Best Marathon Runner Award in November 2014 at the AIMS Gala Dinner in the home of the marathon, the city of Athens, Greece.
Vivek Singh, Joint Managing Director of Procam International, the promoters of the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon comments: “I am delighted that Florence’s world record-breaking feat is being recognised by AIMS with a World Record Award. We are delighted to have Florence join us again this year and honoured to present our defending champion with this award at the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon 2015. We would like to thank AIMS and their sponsors for choosing our event to host this prestigious ceremony.”
AIMS President Paco Borao comments: “We are delighted to present Florence with this award on behalf of the 390 AIMS members in 108 countries and territories throughout the world. Florence is an exceptional athlete and we are pleased to recognise her record breaking achievement with this award.”
AIMS General Secretary Hugh Jones comments: “I think athletes all round the world will have been astonished by what Florence has achieved, particularly in improving the world half marathon record twice by an overall margin of 41 seconds. It is a pleasure to recognise such a fine athlete.”
Florence Kiplagat comments: “I am very pleased to be recognised for the third time by AIMS and their members around the world with this award. I would like to thank AIMS and their sponsors for presenting me with this illustrious award.”
