Double Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge has broken his own men’s marathon world record after shaving 30 seconds off his previous record at the Belin Marathon.
Kipchoge crossed the line in a time of two hours, one minute and nine seconds.
“There is still more in my legs and I still have a future career,” He warned. “My mind is still moving and the body is still absorbing the training. No limitations.” Kipchoge said.
Kipchoge went through 10K in 28:23 and reached halfway in 59:51 but such a scorching early pace cost him his chance of a first official sub two-hour time.
Kipchoge now boasts four of the five fastest marathon times in history and has won 15 of his career races over 26.2 miles. He also ran 1:59:40 for the marathon distance at an exhibition in Vienna in 2019.
Fellow Kenyan Mark Korir was second, four minutes and 49 seconds behind Kipchoge, with Ethiopian Tadu Abate third.
In the women’s race, Ethiopia’s Tigist Assefa ran the third fastest time in history to set a course record of 2:15.37.