Kenya, Ethiopia Shine in Historic Wins at Berlin Marathon 2023
Kenyan world record holder Eliud Kipchoge clinched a historic fifth Berlin Marathon title on September 24, 2023.
He now becomes the most successful male runner in Berlin after Ethiopian marathon legend Haille Gebresellasie, who has four world championship titles.
Meanwhile, in the women's race Ethiopian Tigst Assefa shattered Brigid Kosgei's Women's World Record set four years ago, becoming the first woman to ever run under 2:12 as she clocked 2:11:53 to win the marathon.
Kenya's Sheila Chepkirui put up a good fight to finish second, clocking 2:17:49, almost half a minute off her personal best.
Despite his men's victory, Kipchoge sounded a bit disappointed that he could not achieve one of his targets, lowering his own world record time.
(Eliud Kipchoge (left) and Tigst Assefa (right) winning their respective races at the Berlin Marathon 2023
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Double Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge has underlined his status as the greatest marathoner of all time, writes Timothy Olobulu for Capital FM. The athlete shattered his own world record, setting a new mark of 2:01:09 as he became only the second man in history to win four Berlin Marathon titles. The first to hold that honour was Ethiopian great Haile Gebresellasie.
Kipchoge, who lowered his
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