The outcome was now to be decided in a duel which no-one had expected: Kipchoge, winner of all but one of his seven previous marathons and that four years ago, against Adola.

The Kenyan pulled up after 30km, unable to continue. Later he dropped out as did Wilson Kipsang. Shortly afterwards the 5 and 10,000m world record holder Bekele, last year’s winner, dropped back. As planned the men’s race began at an extremely high pace with the 10km time of 29:04 pointing to a world record time of 2:02:40.īut high humidity put paid to such a strong time for the leading group which included stars such as Eliud Kipchoge, Kenenisa Bekele and Wilson Kipsang and less familiar names such as Vincent Kipruto of Kenya and Ethiopia’s Guye Adola.īy halfway the group went through in 61:29 which put them right on schedule for Kimetto’s best time. On the day of the German national elections the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON made its own contribution to high drama on the streets of the capital.

Ruti Aga of Ethiopia was second in 2:20:41 while Kenya’s Valary Aiyabei took third with 2:20:53.Ī record number of 43,852 runners from 137 countries entered the 44th edition of the race, which belongs to the Abbott World Marathon Majors Series and is an IAAF Gold Label Road Race. The Kenyan clocked a world-class time of 2:20:23 after suffering in the final stages. Fellow-Ethiopian Mosinet Geremew took third place in 2:06:12.įor the second time after 2015 Gladys Cherono took Germany’s most spectacular running event.

While top stars Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia and Kenya’s Wilson Kipsang did not even manage to finish a debutant caused a major surprise: Guye Adola of Ethiopia was leading the race until close to the 40km mark, when Olympic Champion Kipchoge caught him and then surged ahead.Īdola clocked 2:03:46 for second place, which is the fastest debut ever recorded on a record eligible course. The 32 year-old clocked a “rain world record” in Berlin on Sunday. However Kipchoge can add another superlative to his collection: No one has ever run faster in such conditions. In difficult weather conditions with rain and high humidity the world record set by Kenya’s Dennis Kimetto in Berlin in 2014 with 2:02:57 was out of reach in the final part of the race. The Kenyan clocked a world leading time of 2:03:32 after coming from behind. Eliud Kipchoge confirmed his position as the world’s number one marathon runner by taking a dramatic win in the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON.

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