Kenyan Rosemary Wanjiru was second ahead of Ethiopian Tigist Abayechew.ĭon’t miss out on ET Prime stories! Get your daily dose of business updates on WhatsApp. Kenya’s double Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge said he would aim for one thing at a time' after narrowly failing to beat his own world record in a dominating performance at the Tokyo marathon on Sunday.

Only record holder Brigid Kosgei of Kenya and Briton Paula Radcliffe have run faster marathons. The 37-year-old Kenyan crossed the line in a time of two hours, one minute and nine seconds, to beat by 30 seconds his previous best, set four years ago in the. My mind is still moving, the body still absorbing the training.'įellow Kenyan Mark Korir completed a one-two finish for the African nation, four minutes and 49 seconds behind, with Ethiopian Tadu Abate third.Įthiopian Tigist Assefa stunned the field in the women's race, winning in 2:15:37, the third-fastest time in history. I need to celebrate this record and have to realise what happens. Kipchoge is the only man to run a sub-two hour marathon when he clocked 1:59.40 on a specially designed track in Vienna in 2019 but the time is not officially recognised as it was not set in competition.Īsked whether he would attempt a sub-two hour run in Berlin next year, Kipchoge said: 'Let us plan for another day. Passing through the city's iconic Brandenburg Gate just as the sun started to emerge, a beaming Kipchoge crossed the finish line to set another record. Having slowed slightly in the second half of the race he still powered through the final 500-metre sprint. The Kenyan, who retained his Olympic at the Tokyo Games last year, had fallen short of his world mark by just over a minute at the Tokyo Marathon in March, but he was not to be denied in Berlin.

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