Monday 17 September 2018

Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge sets new marathon world record

Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge sets new marathon world record

Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge sets new marathon world record of 2 hour 1 minute 39 seconds

Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge set a new marathon world record in Berlin , smashing the previous best as he clocked 2 hour 1 minute 39 second.

The 33-year-old Olympic champion, aided by a string of pacemakers through to 25km of the 42.195 km race, took 1 minute 17 second off the previous best set four years ago by Dennis Kimetto.

It was the largest single improvement on the marathon world record since Derek Clayton improved the mark by 2:23 in 1967.

Acclaimed as the greatest marathon runner of the modern era, Kipchoge has dominated marathon racing since making his debut in Hamburg in 2013.

Ethiopian Ruti Aga finished second and her compatriot Tirunesh Dibaba third.

Eliud Kipchoge is a Kenyan long distance runner, the 2016 Olympic gold medallist in the marathon, and current world record holder in the marathon. He has been described as “the greatest marathoner of the modern era

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