{"id":193557,"date":"2025-11-23T17:02:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T15:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=193557"},"modified":"2025-11-23T17:02:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T15:02:15","slug":"serbian-record-broken-after-27-years-elzan-bibic-wins-the-belgrade-half-marathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/serbian-record-broken-after-27-years-elzan-bibic-wins-the-belgrade-half-marathon\/","title":{"rendered":"SERBIAN RECORD BROKEN AFTER 27 YEARS: Elzan Bibi\u0107 wins the Belgrade Half Marathon!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Serbian athlete Elzan Bibi\u0107 (26) is the winner of the Belgrade Half Marathon, which this year was held on a new course, with the entire route located in New Belgrade. In addition to being faster than all other participants, the Serbian runner managed to set a new national record!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bibi\u0107 completed the race in <strong>1:01:47<\/strong>, improving by as much as 24 seconds the record held since 1998 by Janko Ben\u0161a. This is just one of many national records Elzan Bibi\u0107 has set during his career, in which he has confirmed that he is the greatest Serbian middle-distance runner of all time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently, Elzan Bibi\u0107 holds Serbia\u2019s records in the <strong>1,500 meters, 2,000 meters, 3,000 meters, 5,000 meters, and 21 kilometers<\/strong>, and he also owns several national records achieved in mountain races. There is no doubt that in the coming period Bibi\u0107 will attempt to break the national record in the 10-kilometer event, which the legendary Dane Korica set back at the European Championships in 1971. 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Second place went to <strong>Victor Kemboi (1:02:09)<\/strong> of Kenya, while third through the finish line was his compatriot <strong>Caleb Alhamis (1:02:21)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Valentin Jebet<\/strong> of Kenya is the winner of the women\u2019s half marathon. 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(VIDEO)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Source<\/strong><\/strong>: Nova.rs&nbsp;<strong>Foto<\/strong>: Beogradski maraton<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Serbian athlete Elzan Bibi\u0107 (26) is the winner of the Belgrade Half Marathon, which this year was held on a new course, with the entire route located in New Belgrade. In addition to being faster than all other participants, the Serbian runner managed to set a new national record! 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