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- Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge set a new marathon world record in Berlin, smashing the previous best as he clocked 2-hour 1 minute 39 seconds.
- The 33-year-old Olympic champion took 1 minute 17 second off the previous best set four years ago by Dennis Kimetto.
It was the largest single improvement on the marathon world record since Derek Clayton improved the mark by 2:23 in 1967
