Double Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge breaks the WORLD RECORD during his fifth Berlin Marathon

Double Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge broke the world report during his fifth Berlin Marathon on Sunday.

Kipchoge – who set the earlier world report in Berlin in 2018 with a time of 2:01.39 – managed to cross the line at 2:01:10 on Sunday morning. 

Kipchoge’s fourth victory in Berlin has additionally seen him equal the achievement of Haile Gebrselassie, who gained the race from 2006-2009. 

Eliud Kipchoge broke the world report during his fifth Berlin Marathon with a time of two:01:10

Kipchoge, who will flip 38 in November, didn’t run in the World Championships in Eugene this summer time. 

However, he did participate in the Tokyo Marathon in March – breaking the course report with 2:02:40, which was the fourth quickest time in historical past. 

As a end result, Kipchoge has now gained 15 of his 17 profession marathons, together with two Olympic gold medals and 10 main titles. 

 Kipchoge set the earlier world report in Berlin in 2018 however managed to beat it on Sunday

His fourth victory in Berlin has additionally seen him equal the achievement of Haile Gebrselassie

Sunday’s race noticed Kipchoge bypass final yr’s winner Guye Adola and his fellow Ethiopian Andamlak Belihu. 

Kipchoge coated the first 10km of the race in simply 28: 23 after which registered a time of 42:32 at the 15km mark. 

Kipchoge continued to push on and clocked a time of 59:51 for the first half of the 26.2 mile course in Berlin.  

It was clear the 37-year-old was on for a record-breaking time and followers have been behind him each step of the approach. 

Kipchoge bypassed final yr’s winner Guye Adola and his fellow Ethiopian Andamlak Belihu

However, did begin to decelerate after the last tempo setter dropped off at 25km. As a end result, he ran the second half of the marathon in 61:18. 

Nevertheless, he completed nearly 5 minutes forward of his Kenyan compatriot, Mark Korir – who registered a time of 2:05:58.