I ran my own race, I trusted my trainers, my programme and my coach. "It was hard running alone, but I was confident. Yet even after the last pacemaker peeled off after 25 kilometres, Kipchoge showed no sign of slowing as thousands of Berliners lining the streets egged him on.īerlin has now been the stage for the last six men's world records over the distance. His three pacemakers were pushed to the limit to keep the tempo high as Kipchoge dipped well below world-record time at the halfway mark. APĪfter quickly shaking off his biggest rival, Wilson Kipsang, and with virtually no wind, it was clear Kipchoge's only opponent would be the clock. Kipchoge, who last year took part in the Nike Breaking Two project, where he ran two hours and 25 seconds with the aid of "illegal" in and out pacemakers, started off at a sizzling pace.Įliud Kipchoge runs to win the 45th Berlin Marathon on a sunny day in the German capital. Running a sub two hours two minutes was simply amazing and I believe I can still go below that with such good conditions." "I am just so incredibly happy to have finally run the world record as I never stopped having belief in myself. So I want to thank everyone who has helped me," said Kipchoge, who had won in Berlin in 20. "They say you can miss it twice but not a third time. "I am really grateful, happy to smash the world record."
"I lack words to describe this day," said a beaming Kipchoge, a former world champion over 5,000 metres and marathon gold medallist at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in 2016. Kipchoge's Berlin run was the biggest improvement on the marathon mark since Australian Derek Clayton took almost two and a half minutes off the record in 1967. The 33-year-old, widely seen as the greatest marathon runner of the modern era, ran an official time of two hours, one minute and 39 seconds on a sunny day along the flat inner-city course, smashing Dennis Kimetto's previous record that had stood since 2014.įellow Kenyan Gladys Cherono won the women's race with a course record and best time of the year of 2:18:11, leaving Ethiopians Ruti Aga and pre-race favourite Tirunesh Dibaba in second and third place respectively.Įliud Kipchoge The 33-year-old, widely seen as the greatest marathon runner of the modern era, ran an official time of two hours, one minute and 39 seconds on a sunny day APīy contrast, in the Sydney men's marathon, it was Kenya's Elijah Kemboi who took out the 42-kilometre race in a time of 2:13:37. Berlin | Kenya's Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge pulverised the marathon world record with a blistering run on Sunday, slicing a staggering 78 seconds off the previous best to land the one major running crown that had eluded him.
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