Berlin Marathon winner Tigst Assefa 'completely destroyed' her Achilles chasing world record
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Berlin Marathon winner Tigst Assefa “completely destroyed” her right Achilles tendon trying to regain her world record. Assefa was on well on course to beat Ruth Chepng’etich’s world record with 2 kilometers remaining in Sunday’s race when she suddenly began limping with what appeared to be cramps. It transpired she Assefa suffered a “complete rupture of the right Achilles tendon,” her representative Gianni Demadonn…
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