Irina Permitina (; born February 3, 1968) is a Russian long distance runner, who won the

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in the

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at the

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. She is the women's course record holder for the

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and

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, along with fellow Russian

Zinaida Semenova Zinaida Semenova (; born 19 March 1962) is a retired female long-distance runner from Russia. She set her personal best in the women's marathon on October 7, 2001, in Saint Paul, Minnesota Saint Paul (often abbreviated St. Paul) is the List o ...

, who ran the same time (but three-tenths of a second slower) in 2001.

Half-Marathon World Champion (Masters)

Permitina held the record for fastest half-marathon run by a woman over 40 years old. She claimed the title while kicking to finish just seconds behind a younger

Olesya Syreva Olesya Syreva (; b. 25 November 1983 in Novosibirsk) is a Russian middle/long-distance runner who specializes in the 1500 and 3000 metres. On the February 3rd 2013 she was banned for two years by the IAAF following irregularities on her biological ...

at the Russian Half-Marathon Championship in 2008 in

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. (In 2013, Syreva would have all her results to 2011 removed due to doping.) Permitina's record time was 1:09:56. She held the title until

Deena Kastor Deena Michelle Kastor (née Drossin; born February 14, 1973) is an American long-distance runner. She is the former American record holder in the marathon (2003-2022) and numerous road distances. Kastor held 15 American records simultaneously in ...

broke it in 2008.

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* 1968 births Living people Russian female long-distance runners Russian female marathon runners World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia European Athletics Championships medalists Russian Athletics Championships winners 21st-century Russian women 20th-century Russian sportswomen {{Russia-longdistance-athletics-bio-stub

Half-Marathon World Champion (Masters)

Achievements

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