Ethiopian runner Tigst Assefa missed the chance to break the women’s world record at the Berlin Marathon. She was on course to set a new record, but suffered muscle cramps before reaching the finish line and was unable to break the world record.
Muscle cramps keep Assefa from marathon world record
Tigst Assefa was on pace to break the women’s world record at the Berlin Marathon, but muscle cramps before the finish prevented her from setting the record.

