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Kenenisa Bekele wins Berlin Marathon in second fastest time ever
- Updated: September 25, 2016
Kenenisa Bekele lifted himself to second on the all-time list after a blistering victory in the Berlin Marathon, finishing just six seconds off the world record with a winning time of 2:03:03.
The Ethiopian world record-holder over the 5000m and 10,000m went toe-to-toe with former world record-holder Wilson Kipsang, producing the winning effort inside the final two kilometres of the race to close in on Kenyan Dennis Kimetto’s 2:02:57 world record, set on the same course two years ago.
A big group, led by Geoffrey Ronoh, held world record pace consistently up until the 25km mark before Kipsang, who ran a personal best of 2:03:13 for the runner-up spot, stamped his foot down and dragged the lead group of seven out as he looked to lay down his …
