BERLIN (AP) — Tigst Assefa broke the women's world record by more than two minutes Sunday at the Berlin Marathon, as Eliud Kipchoge won the men's race for the fifth time but couldn't break his own record.
Ethiopian runner Assefa, the winner in Berlin a year ago, ran 2 hours, 11 minutes, 53 seconds to break the previous women's record of 2:14:04 set by Brigid Kotsgei at the Chicago Marathon in 2019.
His time of 2 hours, 2 minutes, 42 seconds was more than a minute and a half off the record he set in Berlin last year.
Kipchoge broke the two-hour barrier in Vienna in 2019 when he ran 1:59:40 but it was not officially considered the world record.
The German environmental group Last Generation had signaled it intended to disrupt the Berlin Marathon.
Persons:
Tigst Assefa, Eliud Kipchoge, Assefa, Brigid Kotsgei, Kipchoge
Organizations:
BERLIN, Berlin, Chicago Marathon, Marathon . Police
Locations:
Berlin, Vienna