VIENNA: Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge on Saturday made history, busting the mythical two-hour barrier for the marathon on a specially prepared course in a huge Vienna park. 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 Sept 16, 2018. “I am the first man - I want to inspire many people, that no human is limited,” said the history-making Kipchoge. I’m happy with the course,” Kipchoge, whose family has accompanied him to Vienna, said earlier this week. The world marathon record has, for the past 16 years, been contested uniquely between athletes from Kenya and Ethiopia.

Source: New Strait Times October 12, 2019 08:48 UTC