Kenyan marathon master Kipchoge smashes world recordBERLIN: Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge set a new marathon world record in Berlin on Sunday, smashing the previous best as he clocked 2hr 1min 39sec. It was the largest single improvement on the marathon world record since Derek Clayton improved the mark by 2:23 in 1967. I am just so incredibly happy to have finally run the world record as I never stopped having belief in myself." By 40 kilometres, reached in 1:55:32, a world record looked a certainty. There was a Kenyan double as Gladys Cherono ran 2:18:11, a course record and world leading time, to win the women´s race.

Source: Ethiopian News September 16, 2018 12:56 UTC