So I want to thank everyone who has helped me," said Kipchoge, who had won in Berlin in 20. "They say you can miss it twice but not a third time. "I am really grateful, happy to smash the world record." "I lack words to describe this day," said a beaming Kipchoge, a former world champion over 5,000 metres and marathon gold medallist at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in 2016. Kipchoge's Berlin run was the biggest improvement on the marathon mark since Australian Derek Clayton took almost two and a half minutes off the record in 1967. The 33-year-old, widely seen as the greatest marathon runner of the modern era, ran an official time of two hours, one minute and 39 seconds on a sunny day along the flat inner-city course, smashing Dennis Kimetto's previous record that had stood since 2014.įellow Kenyan Gladys Cherono won the women's race with a course record and best time of the year of 2:18:11, leaving Ethiopians Ruti Aga and pre-race favourite Tirunesh Dibaba in second and third place respectively.Įliud Kipchoge The 33-year-old, widely seen as the greatest marathon runner of the modern era, ran an official time of two hours, one minute and 39 seconds on a sunny day APīy contrast, in the Sydney men's marathon, it was Kenya's Elijah Kemboi who took out the 42-kilometre race in a time of 2:13:37.
My mind is still moving, the body still absorbing the training.Berlin | Kenya's Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge pulverised the marathon world record with a blistering run on Sunday, slicing a staggering 78 seconds off the previous best to land the one major running crown that had eluded him. I need to celebrate this record and have to realise what happens.
Kipchoge is the only man to run a sub-two hour marathon when he clocked 1:59.40 on a specially designed track in Vienna in 2019 but the time is not officially recognised as it was not set in competition.Īsked whether he would attempt a sub-two hour run in Berlin next year, Kipchoge said: "Let us plan for another day. With a final 500-metre sprint passing through the city's iconic Brandenburg Gate just as the sun started to emerge, a beaming Kipchoge crossed the finish line to cement his status as one of the greatest runners of all time.įellow Kenyan Mark Korir completed a one-two finish for the African nation, four minutes and 49 seconds behind, with Ethiopian Tadu Abate third. The Kenyan, who retained his Olympic at the Tokyo Games last year, had fallen short of his world mark by just over a minute at the Tokyo Marathon in March, but he was not to be denied in Berlin.
Belihu finally dropped back around the 27 kilometre-mark as Kipchoge pushed on for the record.
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