In which city did Zersenay Tadese set the half marathon world record?
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Lisbon
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Answer
The city of Lisbon, Portugal, was the site of Zersenay Tadese's world record half marathon run on 23 February 2010. Tadese, a native of Eritrea, finished the race in 58:23 minutes, breaking the previous record of 58:25 minutes set by Haile Gebrselassie in 2008. The record has since been broken by Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor in 2018.
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