The BMW BERLIN-MARATHON is part of the Abbott World Marathon Majors and a Platinum Label Road Race, awarded by World Athletics, the international governing body of athletics. Gebrekidan is currently the fastest female marathon runner in the world this year. ![]() He slipped to more than a minute behind after 30km of the 26.2-mile (42km) race, and fell narrowly short of Kipchoge’s time despite a sprint finish.īirhanu Legese finished second – 1min 7secs behind Bekele in the third fastest time in history – with Sisay Lemma a further 48 seconds behind to complete an Ethiopian clean sweep.Īshete Bekere won the women’s race in 2:20:14, beating fellow Ethiopian Mare Dibaba by eight seconds in a sprint finish.The BMW BERLIN-MARATHON will get underway on Sunday, September 26 with high quality elite fields headed by the Ethiopian superstar Kenenisa Bekele on his fourth appearance in Germany’s biggest and most spectacular marathon, while his compatriot Hiwot Gebrekidan will run in Berlin’s women’s field for the first time. Kipchoge was missing in action as he prepares for his sub-two-hour marathon attempt in Vienna on 12 October.īekele, who set his previous best time 2:03:03 at the 2016 Berlin Marathon, was a second ahead of world-record pace at the halfway point. The 37 year old and former Olympic and world 5,000m and 10,000m champion, missed out on Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge’s 2:01:39, set in the same race in 2018. Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia stormed to the Berlin Marathon victory but missed the World record being held by a Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge by two seconds.
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