{"id":51737,"date":"2014-09-28T10:58:45","date_gmt":"2014-09-28T10:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=51737"},"modified":"2014-09-28T10:58:45","modified_gmt":"2014-09-28T10:58:45","slug":"dennis-kimetto-breaks-world-marathon-record-in-berlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/09\/dennis-kimetto-breaks-world-marathon-record-in-berlin\/","title":{"rendered":"Dennis Kimetto breaks world marathon record in Berlin"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kenya’s Dennis Kimetto has broken the marathon world record in Berlin, winning the race in a time of two hours, two minutes and 57 seconds.<\/p>\n

The 30-year-old broke away in a seven-man group that included fellow Kenyans Emmanuel Mutai and Geoffrey Kamworor.<\/p>\n

He shook off Mutai with just under three miles remaining to become the first man to run a marathon in less than two hours and three minutes.<\/p>\n

“I feel good because I won a very tough race,” said Kimetto.<\/p>\n

“I felt good from the start and in the last few miles I felt I could do it and break the record.”<\/p>\n

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Men’s marathon world record (ratified by IAAF)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Year<\/th>\nTime<\/th>\nAthlete<\/th>\nCourse<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
1947<\/td>\n2:25.39<\/strong><\/td>\nSuh Yun-bok (Korea)<\/td>\nBoston<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1958<\/td>\n2:15.17<\/strong><\/td>\nSergei Popov (Soviet Union)<\/td>\nStockholm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1969<\/td>\n2:08.33<\/strong><\/td>\nDerek Clayton (Australia)<\/td>\nAntwerp<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1988<\/td>\n2:06.50<\/strong><\/td>\nBelayneh Dinsamo (Ethiopia)<\/td>\nRotterdam<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1999<\/td>\n2:05.42<\/strong><\/td>\nKhalid Khannouchi (Morocco)<\/td>\nChicago<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2008<\/td>\n2:03.59<\/strong><\/td>\nHaile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia)<\/td>\nBerlin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2014<\/td>\n2:02.57<\/strong><\/td>\nDennis Kimetto (Kenya)<\/td>\nBerlin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

The previous world record had been\u00a0set on the same course 12 months ago\u00a0by Kimetto’s compatriot Wilson Kipsang, who ran 2:03:23.<\/p>\n

Kimetto, who won marathons in Tokyo and Boston last year, had promised to attack the record in Berlin if conditions allowed.<\/p>\n

And in weather perfect for long-distance running, with temperatures around eight degrees centigrade, Kimetto kept his promise, staying in the lead group throughout and sprinting to victory and a new world’s best time.<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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