The first time the marathon was run over its current distance of 26.2 miles was at the 1908 London Olympics, when it was won by American Johnny Hayes in a time of 2:55:18.Ī lot had changed in training and technology since then, and four years ago, Kenya's Dennis Kimetto became the first man to go under 2:03, clocking 2:02:57, also in Berlin. The result wasn't official because he ran it under laboratory conditions, but the result made him an icon in and outside the running world.Most of us wouldn't last more than a minute or two new marathon world record holder Eliud Kipchoge is emphatically not most people. In 2019, he ran a marathon in Vienna in under two hours, a milestone long thought impossible. Kipchoge has long been dubbed the world's best marathon runner. The men's record has now been set eight times in a row in Berlin, favored by runners for its flat course. Kipchoge and Assefa's combined time of 4:16:46 ensured the marathon was the fastest ever. "I wasn't afraid of my rivals, even though they had faster times than me," the 26-year-old Assefa said. I'm so happy to break the world record."Įthiopia's Tigist Assefa unexpectedly won the women's race in a course record of 2:15:37 – 18 minutes faster than she had ever run before.
"But the most important thing is my mind, and that also feels fresh and young. "My legs and my body still feel young," the 37-year-old Kipchoge said. Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge crosses the line to win the Berlin Marathon in Berlin on Sunday.īERLIN - Kenyan runner Eliud Kipchoge shaved 30 seconds off his previous world record set on the same course four years ago to finish the Berlin Marathon in 2:01:09 on Sunday.
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