Ethiopian Bekele Narrowly Misses World Record in Berlin Triumph

Ethiopia's Kenenisa Bekele is the 2019 Berlin Marathon champion.

Bekele cut the tape in a time of two hours, one minute and 41 seconds which is just two seconds shy of the world record set by Eliud Kipchoge in last year's race.

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