Irina Mikitenko of Germany won the women's race in an unofficial time of 2:19:19. "The weather was perfect, the race was perfect and the crowd was perfect." James Kwambai was second in 2:05:36, with fellow Kenyan Charles Kamathi third in 2:07:48. "Everything was perfect," Gebrselassie told German TV after crossing the line on a sunny but cool Berlin morning. Gebrselassie, who opted not to run the marathon at last month's Beijing Olympics because of concerns about the pollution, dropped the last of his challengers with around six kilometres left and his victory was never in doubt. Wearing his distinctive yellow vest and yellow shoes, the 35-year-old was inside the required pace from the start and at the halfway stage already 25 seconds faster than his split time last year. Gebrselassie clocked an official time of two hours three minutes 59 seconds to beat the time of 2:04:26 he set in Berlin 12 months ago, when he took the world record from Paul Tergat. ADDIS ABABA, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Ethiopian Olympic gold medallist and national hero Haile Gebrselassie pledged on Wednesday to join the fight against rebellious forces in his country, after.
A câtigat maratonul de la Berlin de patru ori la rând, doborând recordul mondial la 2:03:59 în 2008. La proba de 10.000 m a fost campion olimpic la Jocurile Olimpice de var din 1996 de la Atlanta i la ediia din 2000 de la Sydney, i a cucerit patru titluri mondiale din 1993 pân în 1999. BERLIN - Ethiopia's Haile Gebrselassie shattered his own world marathon record in Berlin on Sunday when he became the first man to run under two hours four minutes. Haile Gebrselassie este un fost alergtor de distan etiopian.
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