Record not in danger
Ethiopian Milkesa Mengesha wins Berlin Marathon
The Ethiopian Milkesa Mengesha has won the 50th Berlin Marathon. The 24-year-old sixth in the World Championships won the anniversary event in 2:03:17 hours. Second place went to Cybrian Kotut (KEN/2:03:22) after an exciting race, third place went to Haymanot Alew (ETH/2:03:31).
Peter Herzog from Salzburg finished 34th in 2:12:08 in excellent running conditions with cool temperatures and blue skies. In the women's race, Tigist Ketema led a quadruple victory for Ethiopia in 2:16:42.
The two-year-old course record of Eliud Kipchoge, who triumphed over the 42.195 km in 2022 in the then world record time of 2:01:09, was not in danger on Sunday. A few weeks after the Olympic Games in Paris, the big names were missing from the field in Berlin this time.
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