Oredola Adeola |
Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge has set a new world record by completing 26.2miles in 1 hour, 59 minutes and 40 seconds at Vienna, Austria, emerging as the first to hit the milestone in the athletic performance.
The 34-year-old was 11 seconds ahead of schedule halfway through his run, at the Vienna's Prater-Hauptallee (main avenue)
The Kenyan therefore becomes the first athlete to run a marathon in less than two hours,since Roger Bannister broke the four-minute mile in 1954.
Meanwhile the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) did not see the contest as a world record.
The marathon was organised and funded by the British chemical company INEOS and dubbed the INEOS 1.59 challenge, was Kipchoge’s second attempt to break the barrier, having missed out by 26 seconds in Monza two years ago.
“I was really calm and trying to go with the pace, not to be crazy or slow, but to follow instructions and what the pacemakers are doing,” Kipchong told newsmen after the run.
The Kenyan therefore becomes the first athlete to run a marathon in less than two hours,since Roger Bannister broke the four-minute mile in 1954.
Meanwhile the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) did not see the contest as a world record.
The marathon was organised and funded by the British chemical company INEOS and dubbed the INEOS 1.59 challenge, was Kipchoge’s second attempt to break the barrier, having missed out by 26 seconds in Monza two years ago.
“I was really calm and trying to go with the pace, not to be crazy or slow, but to follow instructions and what the pacemakers are doing,” Kipchong told newsmen after the run.
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