Cape Town (AP) – Marathon world record holder Eliud Kipchoge has not yet decided whether to start at the Berlin Marathon this year.
He loves running in Berlin, but he still has to sit down with his team, said Kipchoge at a media round as part of his nomination for the Laureus Sports Award. Kipchoge set the marathon world record in Berlin in 2018 in 2:01:39 hours. This year, on September 25th, the 42.195 kilometers will be run in the German capital.
In 2019, the Olympic champion from Kenya was the first runner to break the magic mark of two hours in Vienna in 1:59:40 hours. Because of the laboratory conditions of the run, this time does not count as a world record. Kipchoge believes that “one day in the future someone will be able to run under two hours” even in a normal marathon. The most important thing is the head.