He only needed a handful of seconds to become the first man to run the marathon under two hours, his goal for almost three years. But Eliud Kipchoge can be satisfied with a new world record set at the Berlin Marathon on Sunday 25 September. Alone in his world, he won the 42, 125 km race in 2h01mn09s.
We believed it for a long time. Until the 30th km, Eliud Kipchoge was on track to run the Berlin Marathon under two hours. What no man has managed. It is the ultimate dream of the Kenyan for three years now. Last Sunday in the streets of the German city, he was not far from achieving it. But the two-time Olympic champion will have to be satisfied with having once again improved his own world record, set four years ago in 2h1min39s. The 37-year-old athlete, alone and well before all other competitors, completed the 42.125 km in 2h01mn08s.
Belihu, fourth in the race, held on until the 30 km. But like the three king's hares who dropped out at the 25th km, the Ethiopian will have to watch Eliud Kipchoge go off to rewrite history with a new crazy time. Without offending Abebe Bikila who, in 1960, placed Ethiopia at the top in Italy, by winning the marathon barefoot at the Olympic Games in Rome, the Kenyan is now the best marathoner of all time. He has for years put all his competitors under his sole. Whether his name is Mo Farah or Kenenisa Bekele. Time has been his only adversary for a long time now.
WORLD RECORD ‼️
2:01:09 🤯
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