Eliud Kipchoge has mastered the art of the marathon, especially the Berlin Marathon.
On Sunday, Kipchoge set the world record at the Berlin Marathon with his winning time of 2:01.09, breaking his previous world record that he set at the same event back in 2018.
“I am so happy to break the world record in Berlin,” Kipchoge said in an interview after the race. “I planned to go out fast in the first half and I always said I would be happy to run a course record. If that translated to a world record, so be it.”
Kipchoge got off to a scorching start in the first half of the race, running 59.51, which put him on world record pace.
Mark Korir finished in second place behind Kipchoge with his time of 2:05.58.
But the record’s didn’t just fall in the men’s race.
Tigist Assefa obliterated the Berlin course record with her time of 2:15:37 to win the Berlin Marathon. Her time is also the fastest marathon time in Ethiopian history.
This was also a massive personal best for Assefa by 18 minutes. She set her previous personal best in the marathon back in March. Her time puts her third in the history books behind Brigid Kosgei & Paula Radcliffe.
Rosemary Wanjiru finished as the runner up with her time of 2:18. Keira D’Amato finished in 6th place, falling just 2 minutes short of her American record that she set in January.
