Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge celebrates after completing the marathon in under two hours in Vienna Saturday ReutersWith a time of 1hr 59min 40.2s, the Olympic champion became the first ever to run a marathon in under two hours in the Prater park with the course readied to make it as even as possibleKenya's Eliud Kipchoge Saturday made history, busting the mythical two-hour barrier for the marathon on a specially prepared course in a huge Vienna Park. With a time of 1hr 59min 40.2s, the Olympic champion became the first ever to run a marathon in under two hours in the Prater park with the course readied to make it as even as possible. Eliud Kipchoge has just ran a full marathon (26.2 miles) in under 2 hours. They included 1,500m Olympic champion Matthew Centrowitz and former world champion Bernard Lagat. The world marathon record has, for the past 16 years, been contested uniquely between athletes from Kenya and Ethiopia.

Source: Dhaka Tribune October 12, 2019 09:45 UTC