Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge set a new marathon world record, winning the Berlin race in two hours, one minute and 39 seconds on Sunday. Organizers initially put Kipchoge's time at 2:01:40, but later reduced it by one second. The 33-year-old broke the previous world record set in Berlin by fellow Kenyan Dennis Kimetto in 2014 by one minute and 18 seconds. "I […]
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Eliud Kipchoge runs fastest marathon on record, but just misses sub 2-hour goal
Eliud Kipchoge was 26 seconds from making history on Saturday but the Olympic champion finished just short of becoming the first person to run a marathon in less than two hours. Kipchoge ran the 26.2 miles (42.2 kilometres) in 2 hours, 26 seconds, beating Dennis Kimetto’s world mark of 2:02:57. The 32-year-old Kenyan did break […]