Eliud Kipchoge has cemented his position as the greatest marathoner ever by winning his third Berlin Marathon
and setting a new world record of 2:01:40.
Kipchoge ran at the front from the very first metre, and despite some turbulent times in the first third of the race
when his pacers faltered, stormed home to take another win and lower the world record by a remarkable 76 seconds.
In doing so, he becomes the first person to ever run under 2:02:00, in a time that won't be beaten soon.
Amos Kipruto finished second in 2:06:22, with former world record holder Wilson Kipsang third in 2:06:47.
Kipruto and Kipsang's times are an indication of how Kipchoge's pace blew the race apart from the outset.
Top put Kipchoge's new time into context, the last time the marathon world record was beaten by over 30 seconds
was when Paul Tergat lowered Khalid Khannouchi's mark to 2:04:26.
You'd have to go back 50-years to find a single bigger world record leap than Kipchoge's this weekend.
That's when Australian Dennis Clayton took 2:25 off the record and became the first person to run under 2:10:00
for the distance in 1967.
Ahead of the race, Kipchoge, the defending Berlin champion, denied wanting to have a crack at fellow
Kenyan Dennis Kimetto's world record, saying he was merely after a personal best,
but he left little doubt about his intentions when the starting gun fired in perfect running conditions in Berlin.
With three pacemakers in front of him, Kipchoge ran the first kilometre in just 2:43 - gapping the rest of the elite field immediately.
As was planned ahead of the race, Kipsang ran more conservatively, aiming to go through halfway 30 seconds
slower than his countryman.
Kipchoge ran 5km in 14:24 - which was 1:26 faster than world record pace - and passed under the 10km barrier in 29:01.
That 10km time was 23 seconds faster than Dennis Kimetto's world record pace, but Kimetto ran an incredibly fast second half.
Things looked to have fallen apart for Kipchoge's world record hopes after 15km.
간단하게 요약하면
5km 14분 24초
10km 29분 01초
42.195km를 2시간 1분 40초에 들어왔다고
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