Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia pulled away from Wilson Kipsang of Kenya late in the race to win the Berlin Marathon just outside the world record time on Sunday. Bekele's winning time of two hours, three minutes and three seconds was six seconds outside Dennis Kimetto's world record, also set in Berlin in 2014 and is the second best time. Kipsang finished 10 seconds behind Bekele in 2:03:13, faster than the 2:03:23 he clocked in winning the race in 2013, in what was then a world record. He won three Olympic titles and five world championship golds and is the world record holder over 5,000 and 10,000 meters. Bekele broke the Ethiopian record for the marathon, previously held by the great Haile Gebrselassie, who won the Berlin Marathon and set a world record of 2:03.59 in 2008.

Source: CBC News September 25, 2016 10:23 UTC