MWANARIADHA WA KENYA WILSON KIPSANG AVUNJA REKODI YA DUNIA HUKO BERLIN

Wilson Kipsang/Photo by Victah Sailer

After spending two years being known as the man who came agonisingly close to breaking the Marathon world record, Kenya's Wilson Kipsang made it his own property when he clocked 2.03.23 at the BMW Berlin Marathon, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, on Sunday.*

Kipsang, 31, took 15 seconds off his compatriot Patrick Makau’s mark of 2.03.38, set in the same race two years ago.

Berlin’s cachet of possessing the fastest Marathon course in the world has again emphasised. This is the eighth world record on the course in 15 years.

Barely a month after Makau’s set Berlin’s seventh World record, Kipsang won the 2011 Frankfurt Marathon in 2.03.42. He went on to win the London Marathon 2012, but finished third at the London 2012 Olympic Games three months later.

In only his second Marathon, Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge, the 2003 World 5000m champion, finished second in 2.04.05, improving his best by more than a minute; and another Kenyan, Geoffrey Kipsang (no relation) finished third in 2.06.26. Souce: www.gidabuday.blogspot.com