Eliud Kipchoge smashes world marathon record by 77 seconds in Berlin

• Kenyan adds record to Olympic gold medal won in Rio
• Previous record was set by Dennis Kimetto in 2014

Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge set a new world marathon record in Berlin on Sunday, shaving more than a minute of the previous best with a dazzling run in the German capital.

The 33-year-old, widely seen as the greatest marathon runner of the modern era, ran a time of time of 2:01:40 on a sunny and warm autumn day along the flat inner-city course, beating Dennis Kimetto’s world best set of 2:02:57 over the same route in 2014.

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