Kenyan double Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge has broken his own world-record Marathon time by 30 seconds with a stunning run in Berlin.
The 37-year-old legend took part in Sunday’s race in the German capital as he crossed the line in a time of 2:01:09. His previous record had been set in the same location four years previously.
As well as the stunning result at the Berlin Marathon today it also means he has now won 15 of his 17 career marathons. Among those successes includes two Olympic triumphs as well as 10 major titles.
In Vienna back in 2019 he also became the first athlete to run the 26.2-mile distance in under two hours. However, it wasn’t deemed as an official marathon world record since it wasn’t in open competition and he had a team of rotating pacemakers.
In Berlin today Kipchoge was in a class of his own as he set a blistering pace across the city. Just a handful of runners could keep up with him along with the group of pacemakers.
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