![]() ![]() 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. It is unbelievable.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. I was feeling really easy with 3km to go. “When I reached 39km I just knew (I would win a medal). ![]() “I said so many times I wanted a top three, but I never made it. Silver medalist Nageeye finished in a time of 2:09:58, two seconds ahead of his training partner Abdi, who he encouraged over the line in a sprint finish with fourth-placed Lawrence Cherono. “His domination in a major sport in the modern era is unprecedented.” “Eliud Kipchoge is the greatest of all time… in ANY sport,” performance coach and author Steve Magness wrote on Twitter. Kipchoge has now won 13 of the 15 major marathons he’s entered since stepping up to the distance in 2013. Lintao Zhang/Getty Images AsiaPac/Getty ImagesĪ second marathon gold medal cements Kipchoge’s status as the greatest runner ever over 26.2 miles, adding to a resume that includes the world record of 2:01:39 from 2018 and running the first ever sub-two-marathon, albeit in unofficial circumstances, as part of the INEOS 1:59 Challenge in 2019. Kipchoge celebrates his Olympic marathon victory in Sapporo.
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