Kenyan athlete Eliud Kipchoge broke his own world record by winning the Berlin Marathon on Sunday. Pakistani athletes also participated in the marathon and qualified for the Boston Marathon 2024.
Eliud Kipchoge brightened a cloudy morning in the German capital, cutting his old mark by half a minute with a new best time of 2hr 01min 9sec.
He said in the post-race press conference that “you’ll see” what happens next, but hinted that Berlin had not seen the last of him.
“I am African and in Africa, we believe you chase one rabbit at a time,” said a smiling Kipchoge.
“So the rabbit we chased as a team was the Berlin Marathon 2022.”
Clocking in at 59:51 at the halfway point, the back-to-back Olympic champion in Rio and Tokyo looked poised to officially become the first athlete to run under the two-hour mark.
But despite being slightly slower, Kipchoge beat his own record of 2:01:39 from Berlin in 2018.
Meanwhile, Pakistani athletes Faysal Shafi, Salman Khan and Nausherwan also participated in the marathon in the 40 years age group category, while Danish Elahi and Ali Khurshid took part in the 35 years age category.
From Pakistan, Faysal Shafi qualified for Boston Marathon 2024 after crossing the finish line in three hours, six minutes and seven seconds.
