Kipchoge runs unofficial marathon in under two hours

ByReuters

Published 12/10/2019 at 08:27 GMT

VIENNA, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge became the first person to run a marathon in under two hours when he completed the 42 kilometres in one hour 59.40 minutes on Saturday.

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The run was not officially recognised by the sport's governing body IAAF because Kipchoge used rotating pacemakers and a pacecar and was not in official competition. (Writing by Brian Homewood Editing by Amlan Chakraborty)

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