Peruvian long-distance runner Inés Melchor competes in 12th IAAF World Championships despite injury, comes close to beating personal record

Peruvian long-distance runner Inés Melchor competed in the 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Germany on Wednesday, coming only 42 seconds short of her previous personal record in spite of a leg injury. Although Melchor, 22, was eliminated from the competition – finishing 9th of 10 participants and only 43 seconds after race winner [...]