![]() ![]() He then passed the 35-kilometre checkpoint just a shade outside 1:41:00, suggesting a finishing time inside 2:02 was possible. Running alone with 17 kilometres left, Kipchoge then sped up.Īlthough 30 kilometres is no longer an official world record event, Kipchoge's 1:26:45 split at that checkpoint is the fastest time ever recorded for the distance. Abera was starting to struggle and was a further 18 seconds behind the chasing duo at half way and eventually pulled out. Kipsang and Kipruto reached the half way point in 1:02:07, more than a minute adrift of Kipchoge. ![]() The final pacemaker, Josphat Boit, led Kipchoge through the half-way point in 1:01:06 before dropping out at 25 kilometres, covered in 1:12:24. They passed five kilometres in 14:33 before Kipsang edged ahead a few kilometres later, passing 10 kilometres in 29:12.īut shortly after 15 kilometres, which was reached in 43:38, two of Kipchoge's three pacemakers were unable to continue and withdrew from the race. Wilson Kipsang, winner of the 2013 Berlin Marathon in a then world record of 2:03:23, led the chase trio with fellow Kenyan Amos Kipruto and Ethiopia's Abera Kuma close behind. Her winning time of 2:18:11 moves her to fourth on the world all-time list.įrom the early stages of the men's race, 33-year-old Kipchoge had just a handful of pacemakers for company as they passed through five kilometres in 14:24 and 10 kilometres in 29:01. ![]() In a stunning display of distance running, Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge broke the world record* at the BMW Berlin Marathon on Sunday (16), winning the IAAF Gold Label road race in 2:01:39.Ĭompatriot Gladys Cherono, meanwhile, secured her third Berlin Marathon crown, smashing the course record. ![]()
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