Eliud Kipchoge sets new marathon world record in Berlin

Sport360 staff 13:34 16/09/2018
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  • Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge set a new marathon world record in Berlin on Sunday when he clocked 2hr 1min 40sec.

    The 33-year-old Olympic champion, aided by a string of pacemakers through to 25km of the 42.195km race, took 1min 17sec 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.

    “My only words are ‘Thank you!’,” said Kipchoge.

    “I was prepared to run my own race early so I wasn’t surprised to be alone. I have trained so well for this race and have full trust in the programmes of my coach. I am just so incredibly happy to have finally run the world record as I never stopped having belief in myself.”

    Kipchoge has notched up 10 wins from the 11 marathons he has raced, winning three times not only in Berlin but also London, with victories in Rio for Olympic gold as well as in Hamburg, Rotterdam and Chicago.

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