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The Olympic champion and world record … To break that down, that means he ran each mile in under four minutes and 34 seconds a … Kipchoge set an official marathon world record in Berlin in 2018, completing the race in 2 hours, 1 minute and 39 seconds. Eliud Kipchoge fell short of running a marathon in under two hours. The London Marathon may have been postponed but Eliud Kipchoge said it is a matter of time before someone takes the world record below two hours. Eliud Kipchoge has become the first athlete to run a marathon in less than two hours, although it will not count as a world record. This makes him the first person to ever run a marathon distance in under two hours. The marathon world record holder says this attempt is about making history and cementing his legacy in the sport.

The 34-year-old Kenyan long-distance runner completed 26.2 miles in 1 hour 59 minutes 40 seconds at the Ineos 1:59 Challenge in Vienna, Austria. A world record under threat at the 2020 London Marathon? The Olympic champion and world record holder from Kenya clocked 1 hour, 59 minutes and 40.2 seconds at the INEOS 1:59 Challenge on Saturday, an event set up for the attempt. The world record at the 2020 London Marathon looked to be under threat. In a special Nike event, the long distance runner beat the current marathon world record coming in at 2 hours … This list is a chronological progression of record times for the marathon.World records in the marathon are now ratified by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), the international governing body for the sport of athletics.. Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge set an official world record for men of 2:01:39 on September 16, 2018, at the 2018 Berlin Marathon. He wanted it as soon as April 2020.
The 34-year-old Kenyan man ran the fastest 26.2 miles ever by clocking in at 1:59:40 on a course in Vienna.

That record still stands. Kipchoge's Berlin marathon time of 2 hours, 1 minute, 39 seconds is already the world record. The man who won 17 world titles over cross-country, track, and road, craved to make up for the world record miss with another fast run and imposing victory, as he still enjoys top form. Eliud Kipchoge has made history by becoming the first person to run a marathon distance in under two hours.
The Olympic Channel Podcast caught up with Kipchoge and his rival Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia to talk future plans and world record attempts. We break down the tech in Kipchoge's record breaking Nike shoes ... Eliud Kipchoge's sub 2 hour marathon shoes ... Eliud Kipchoge became the first person to ever run a marathon in under two hours…

But the world will have to wait for another attempt after the coronavirus pandemic meant a postponement of the race until October 4.