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Kenya's Kelvin Kiptum lunges to the finish line as he wins men's elite race at 2023 London Marathon in London. [Xinhua]

World records are set to be broken, and history-makers in athletics often remind their counterparts and expectant enthusiasts of this.

Last Sunday, Kelvin Kiptum reminded the athletics world that the best marks must fall. At 23, Kiptum shattered a one-year-old marathon world record at 2:00:35. He shed off 34 seconds off the previous 2:01:09 mark set by the legend Eliud Kipchoge.

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