Kenya’s Kipchoge breaks marathon world record in Berlin
By DW
26 September 2022 |
12:54 pm
Two-time Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge broke the record he set in 2018 by 30 seconds. This is the first Berlin Marathon held without restrictions since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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