When Khalid Khannouchi managed to shave four seconds off the marathon world record that already belonged to him, in the London event held in April 2002, only one competition in Berlin had seen a new maximum record with the Brazilian Ronaldo da Costa in 1998 (2, 06. 50). However, since then, the German capital has become a true talisman for all those who challenge the oldest and longest test that exists. One, two, five, seven world records broken this century in the famous German race over the years. Now, 2022 was no exception and the mark really fell again.
Eliud Kipchoge, a 37-year-old Kenyan athlete and one of the greatest figures in the fund today, managed to break the maximum record that already belonged to him, winning the Berlin race this Sunday with a time of 2.01.09, 30 seconds less than what I had done also in the German race three years ago.
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Source: Observadora
