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Eliud Kipchoge wins Berlin Marathon setting a new world record 2:01:09

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Eliud kipchoge clocked 2 hours, 1 minute, 9 seconds to shave 30 seconds off his previous best mark of 2:01:39 set on the same course in 2018. [Twitter].

Two-time Olympic marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge on Sunday broke the World Record in Marathon after setting a new record in Germany.

Kipchoge won the race in 2:01:09 over the gruelling 26.2 miles to set a new record at the Berlin Marathon In the process, breaking his own record he set four years ago at the same course.

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