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Gebrselassie smashes marathon world record

Eurosport - Sun, 28 Sep 10:52:00 2008

Ethiopia's Haile Gebrselassie shattered his own world marathon record in Berlin when he became the first man to run under two hours and four minutes.

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Gebrselassie clocked an official time of two hours, three minutes and 59 seconds to beat the time of 2:04:26 he set in Berlin 12 months ago, when he took the world record from Paul Tergat.
Wearing his distinctive yellow vest and yellow shoes, the 35-year-old was inside the required pace from the start and at the halfway stage already 25 seconds faster than his split time last year.
Gebrselassie, who opted not to run the marathon at last month's Beijing Olympics because of concerns about the pollution, dropped the last of his challengers with around six kilometres left and his victory was never in doubt.
"Everything was perfect," Gebrselassie said after crossing the line on a sunny but cool Berlin morning.
"The weather was perfect, the race was perfect and the crowd was perfect."
James Kwambai was second in 2:05:36, with fellow Kenyan Charles Kamathi third in 2:07:48.
Irina Mikitenko of Germany won the women's race in an unofficial time of 2:19:19.
09-28-2008 11:39 AM
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