Sunday, September 24, Eliud Kipchoge’s passage across the finish line of the Berlin marathon was eagerly awaited: last year, he set the world record (2:01:09) in the German capital . The Kenyan, 38, was the first to cross it, offering himself a historic fifth victory in the race (2015, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2023) and thus overtaking the Ethiopian Haile Gebrselassie (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009) in the annals of the event. Although he ran fast – 2:02:42, the eighth fastest marathon in history – he did not manage to repeat the feat.
This Sunday, the sensation came from Tigst Assefa. The Ethiopian shattered the women’s world record in 2:11:53, lowering the previous best mark established by Kenyan Brigid Kosgei in Chicago (Illinois) in 2019, by more than two minutes (2:14:04). ). The runner also signs her second victory in a row in Berlin. At 26, she is the first athlete to go under 2 h 12 min.
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