[Berlin Jiji]The Berlin Marathon was held on the city course of Berlin on the 25th, and Eliud Kipchoge (37) = Kenya, who won the Tokyo Olympics for the second time in a row, set a new world record of 2 hours 1 minute 9 seconds for 4 years. He won the championship for the first time in four years. He beat the previous world record he set at the 2018 event by 30 seconds.
Kenya Sonoda (JR East) came in 7th place, the highest time in Japan with a time of 2:07:14. Tatsuya Maruyama (Toyota Motor) was eighth with a time of 2:07:50.
girls areRika Kaseda(Daihatsu) came in 7th, the top of the Japanese team, with a time of 2:21:55, the 10th fastest time in Japan’s history.Tokyo Olympic representativeAyuko Suzuki(Japan Post Group) is 7 seconds behind in 8th place, and Sayaka Sato (Sekisui Chemical) is 9th. Tigist Asefa (Ethiopia) won in 2 hours 15 minutes 37 seconds, the third fastest time in the world.
◇ Biography of Kipchoge
Eliud Kipchoge(Kenya) In the men’s marathon at the Olympics, he won gold medals in both Rio de Janeiro in 2016 and Tokyo in 2021. He won bronze in the 5000 meters at Athens 2004 and silver at Beijing 2008. He won the Berlin Marathon in 2015, 2017 and 2018. He won London four times, and in March this year in Tokyo he won the fastest time in Japan with a time of 2:02:40. 15 wins in 17 marathons. In 2019, he ran an unsanctioned race of 1:59:40. he is 37 years old.