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Kipchoge clocks 2:01:09 for world record in Berlin Marathon

Sep 25, 2022 | 3:45 AM

BERLIN (AP) — Two-time Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge has bettered his own world record in the Berlin Marathon on Sunday.

The Kenyan runner clocked 2 hours, 1 minute, 9 seconds to shave 30 seconds off his previous best mark of 2:01:39 set on the same course in 2018.

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Ciarán Fahey, The Associated Press