BERLIN: Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge celebrates as he wins the Berlin Marathon in a new world record time on Sunday.—ReutersBERLIN: Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge shattered his own marathon world record on Sunday, winning the Berlin race with a time of 2:01.09 to shave half a minute off his previous world best set in the German capital four years ago. “I am happy with my preparation and I think I was so fast because of the teamwork,” Kipchoge said. I am so happy to break the world record.”Kipchoge, 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. Ethiopian Tigist Assefa stunned the field in the women’s race, winning in 2:15:37, the third-fastest time in history. Only record holder Brigid Kosgei of Kenya and Briton Paula Radcliffe have run faster marathons.

Source: Ethiopian News September 25, 2022 23:32 UTC