Distance legend Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia, came two seconds shy off the world record, after clocking 2 hours 1 minute 42 seconds to win the 46th edition of the Berlin Marathon held in the German Capital.
His counterpart, Ashete Bekere won gold in the women’s race in a time of 2 hours 20 minutes 14 seconds, with Kenyan Sally Chepyego coming in 3rd after last year’s champion, Galdys Cherono dropped out of the race with an injury.
