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Kimetto Feels Ready for Debut Championship Marathon - IAAFPublished by
Kimetto Feels Ready for Debut Championship MarathonPublished by IAAF on August 20, 2015 Only once in the history of the IAAF World Championships has the world record-holder won the men's marathon: 1983, when Rob de Castella ran 2:10:03 for the victory, nearly two minutes slower than his 2:08:18 world mark from Fukuoka in 1981. Dennis Kimetto would like to double that number here in Beijing on Saturday morning, and comes to the line with some confidence that he can do it. Kimetto has little to no record in championship marathons, having arrived as a top-flight international runner in 2012 when he broke the 25km world record in May that year and then finished immediately behind training partner Geoffrey Mutai at that year's Berlin Marathon, his 2:04:16 being the fifth-fastest ever at the time. He followed up with course records at the Tokyo and Chicago marathons in 2013 before running 2:02:57 in Berlin last autumn to set the current world record and become the first man ever to run faster than 2:03. Read the full article at: www.iaaf.org
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