Eliud Kipchoge’s record-breaking feat at the 2022 Berlin marathon has been voted as the September moment of the month after his performance in Germany floored four other nominations to clinch the recognition by governing body World Athletics.Back on 25th September, the two-time Olympic Gold medalist sliced half a minute from his own world record* he set at the same track back in 2018 to win the BMW Berlin Marathon after clocking a sensational 2:01:09 at the World Athletics Elite Platinum Label road race.The votes are in ✅You elected @EliudKipchoge’s 🇰🇪2:01:09 marathon world record at the @berlinmarathon as September’s Moment of the Month! Congrats King-choge 🥳 pic.twitter.com/NzGj6ud0Ee— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) October 2, 2022 Just when it seemed Kipchoge had achieved everything he possibly could over the classic distance, the legendary athlete pushed the world record further out of reach for the rest of the distance-running world.Unlike his last world record run, the double Olympic champion went out hard on this occasion, passing through 5kms in 14:14 and 10kms in 28:22 – not just comfortably inside world record pace, but also well inside a projected two-hour finish.Kipchoge smashes World Marathon recordKipchoge maintained that pace through half way, which was reached in 59:50 – identical to his half-way split when he produced a sub-two-hour run in an unofficial orchestrated race in Vienna three years ago.His pace started to drop slightly from then on, and by 25km (1:11:08) his projected finish had slipped to just outside two hours, but he was still more than a minute inside world record pace.He passed through 30km in 1:25:40, then reached 35km in 1:40:10. By the time he passed through 40km in 1:54:53, his lead had grown to move than four minutes.##NAJAVA_MECA_6686238##His victory – and world record – now a formality, Kipchoge went on to cross the line in 2:01:09, taking 30 seconds off the world record.To clinch the feat, Kipchoge defeated Aleksandr Sorokin’s 24-hour world best of 319.614km, Joe Kovacs’ 23.23m shot put Diamond League record set in Zurich that moved him up into second place on the all-time list.Kipruto claims victory in London Marathon on his debutHe also fended off challenge from Yaroslava Mahuchikh’s 2.05m high jump during the Brussels Diamond league that made her equal Ukraine’s national record and Tigist Assefa’s win at the Berlin marathon where Assefa produced the third fastest time ever over the distance in just her second marathon and broke the Ethiopian record in the process.
