The 29-year-old Salpeter clocked 2:24:17 destroying the old course record of 2:28:15 and her personal best of 2 hours and 40 minutes and 16 seconds.
Her new personal best time is not only a new course record but also a new Israeli marathon record.
Salpeter now holds national records at various events ranging from 1500m to the marathon.
Chemtai appeared on a global stage in August when she took a gold medal in the 10,000 meters race at the European Championships in Berlin but then failed to win the 5,000m as she mistakenly stopped running a lap too early after thinking she had just finished in second place.
Top Results Women
1 | SALPETER LONAH CHEMTAI | 02:24:17 | 02:24:17 |
2 | CHEPKWONY CAROLINE | 02:30:46 | 02:30:44 |
3 | MUKANDANGA CLEMENTINE | 02:30:59 | 02:30:59 |
4 | SUSTIC NIKOLINA | 02:41:51 | 02:41:51 |
5 | GEDAMU GEBIYANESH A. | 02:42:50 | 02:42:49 |
6 | JEBET SARAH | 02:44:19 | 02:44:18 |
7 | SAUSSEZ AMÉLIE | 02:46:26 | 02:46:19 |
8 | CUNICO MAURIZIA | 02:50:54 | 02:50:53 |
9 | DAVIS EMMA | 02:54:40 | 02:54:35 |
10 | ANNEN-LAMARD SANDRA | 02:55:03 | 02:54:57 |