Kenyan Sets World Record in Winning Berlin Marathon
By JERÉ LONGMANPublished: September 25, 2011
BERLIN — Patrick Makau of Kenya set a world record on Sunday by winning the Berlin Marathon on a flat, searing course in 2 hours 3 minutes 38 seconds.
Kenya swept the day with Florence Kiplagat winning the women’s race in 2:19:44. Paula Radcliffe of England, the women’s world record holder, ran her first marathon in nearly 23 months after giving birth to her second child and easily qualified for the 2012 London Games with a third-place finish in 2:23:46.
Makau, 26, won the Berlin race for the second consecutive year and became the second man to run 26.2 miles under 2:04. The previous record of 2:03:59 was set by Haile Gebrselassie of Ethiopia on this same Berlin course in 2008.
