Bekele misses out on world marathon record by a whisker
Sunday - September 29, 2019 4:56 pm ,
Category : SPORTS
Berlin, Sep 29 (IANS) Ethiopia's Kenenisa Bekele narrowly missed the world marathon record as he fell two seconds short here with a timing of 2 hours, one minute and 41 seconds.According to a BBC report, the former Olympic and world 5,000m and 10,000m champion, 37, missed out on Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge's 2:01:39, set in the same race last year."I am very sorry. I am not lucky. But I still can do this. I don't give up," Bekele was quoted as saying by BBC.Bekele's run is the second fastest marathon in history.
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