Try to make sense of this. A born and raised American has run 59:12 for the half marathon but isn’t the US record holder – that title belongs to Conner Mantz at 59:17. And a Spaniard has run 58:03 but isn’t the European record holder – that belongs to Sweden’s Andreas Almgren at 58:06. But the Spaniard is the Spanish record holder.
*Born and raised American citizen Yaseen Abdalla runs 59:12 at Valencia Half Marathon, but it won’t count as the American record

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