![]() Under normal race conditions a maximum of three pacemakers is permitted and no substitutes are allowed. But this feat was achieved with the help of a team of substitute pacemakers who also formed a wind shield from start to finish. Kichoge had a kind of “lab test” at the beginning of May when he ran an unratifiable 2:00:25, the fastest time ever for the marathon distance, on the Formula One circuit of Monza in Italy. Kipchoge's avowed intention is to break the 2:02:57 world marathon record set by his compatriot Dennis Kimetto in Berlin in 2014. The addition of Bekele, the second fastest marathoner of all-time, adds even more power to an already high calibre field which now includes three of the distance's five fastest men. He slipped to more than a minute behind after 30km of the 26.2-mile (42km) race, and fell narrowly short of Kipchoge’s time despite a sprint finish.īirhanu Legese finished second – 1min 7secs behind Bekele in the third fastest time in history – with Sisay Lemma a further 48 seconds behind to complete an Ethiopian clean sweep.Īshete Bekere won the women’s race in 2:20:14, beating fellow Ethiopian Mare Dibaba by eight seconds in a sprint finish.Kenenisa Bekele will join Kenyans Eliud Kipchoge and Wilson Kipsang at the BMW Berlin Marathon, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, on 24 September, organisers have announced. Kipchoge was missing in action as he prepares for his sub-two-hour marathon attempt in Vienna on 12 October.īekele, who set his previous best time 2:03:03 at the 2016 Berlin Marathon, was a second ahead of world-record pace at the halfway point. ![]() The 37 year old and former Olympic and world 5,000m and 10,000m champion, missed out on Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge’s 2:01:39, set in the same race in 2018. Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia stormed to the Berlin Marathon victory but missed the World record being held by a Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge by two seconds. ![]()
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