Eliud Kipchoge smashed his own world record to win the BMW Berlin Marathon, at 2:01:09. He improved his timing by 30 seconds at the World Athletics Elite Platinum Label road race last Sunday (25th Sep).
Meanwhile in the women’s race, Ethiopian Tigist Assefa obliterated the course record by more than two minutes with 2:15:37. She is now ranked the third-fastest woman in history.
The double Olympic champion, Kipchoge put on the pressure right from the start. He clocked 5km in 14:14, 10km in 28:22 and 21km in 59:50, en route to a sub-two-hour marathon.
He continued to 25km in 1:11:08, 30km in 1:25:40, 35km in 1:40:10 and 40km in 1:54:53. By then, his closest rivals were trailing by 4 minutes. Fellow Kenyan Mark Korir finished in 2:05:58 followed by Ethiopian Tady Abate in 2:06:28 to complete the podium.
Read more at WorldAthletics.org
Women Results
1 Tigist Assefa (ETH) 2:15:37
2 Rosemary Wanjiru (KEN) 2:18:00
3 Tigist Abayechew (ETH) 2:18:03
4 Workenesh Edesa (ETH) 2:18:51
5 Meseret Gola (ETH) 2:20:58
6 Keira D’Amato (USA) 2:21:48
7 Rika Kaseda (JPN) 2:21:55
8 Ayuko Suzuki (JPN) 2:22:02
9 Sayaka Sato (JPN) 2:22:13
10 Vibian Chepkirui (KEN) 2:22:21
Men Results
1 Eliud Kipchoge (KEN) 2:01:09
2 Mark Korir (KEN) 2:05:58
3 Tady Abate (ETH) 2:06:28
4 Andamlak Belihu (ETH) 2:06:40
5 Abel Kipchumba (KEN) 2:06:49
6 Limenih Getachew (ETH) 2:07:07
7 Kenya Sonota (JPN) 2:07:14
8 Tatsuya Maruyama (JPN) 2:07:50
9 Kento Kikutani (JPN) 2:07:56
10 Zablon Chumba (KEN) 2:08:01
