Tigst Assefa passed the first 5km of the 2026 Berlin Marathon in 15:30, according to the live update, putting her at a rough projected finish of 2:10:45 as she targets the women's world record. Rosemary Wanjiru followed in 15:55 and Pascaline Jelagat in 16:08.
Assefa holds the Berlin course record from her 2:11:53 run in 2023 and the women's-only marathon world record of 2:15:41, set in London in April.
FloTrack's live coverage was scheduled to begin at 2:30 a.m. ET, with access listed for viewers in the U.S., Canada, U.K., Ireland, New Zealand and Australia.
