Kipchoge’s historic INEOS feat, however, was not recognised as an official World Record! He holds the men's world record for the distance with a time of 2hr 01min 39sec, which he set in the flat Berlin marathon on September 16, 2018. The 34-year-old already holds the men's world record for the distance with a time of 2hr 01min 39sec, which he set in the flat Berlin marathon on September 16, 2018. The World Marathon Record has, for the past 17 years, been contested uniquely between athletes from Kenya and Ethiopia. Kipchoge's record was almost beaten in September 2019, in the Berlin marathon by Ethiopia's Kenenisa Bekele, who ran 2:01.41, just two seconds short of the official world mark.

Source: Standard Digital July 04, 2020 01:41 UTC