Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge sets new marathon world record of 2 hour 1 minute 39 seconds

Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge set a new marathon world record in Berlin today, smashing the previous best as he clocked 2 hour 1 minute 39 second. The 33-year-old Olympic champion, aided by a string of pacemakers through to 25km of the 42.195 km race, took 1 minute 17 second off the previous best set four years ago by Dennis Kimetto. It was the largest single improvement on the marathon world record since Derek Clayton improved the mark by 2:23 in 1967. Acclaimed as the greatest marathon runner of the m...