The Kenyan long distance runner, Dennis Kimetto has broken the marathon world record in Berlin on Sunday.

Race in a time of two hours, two minutes and 57 seconds (2:02:57).

Kimetto powered through the final stretch close to Brandenburg Gate to clock a world best, winning many hearts that were presents to witness the marathon and those who watched the event on television.

The previous world record was set by his fellow Kenyan, Wilson Kipsang in 2013 at the same venue in Berlin with a time of two hours, three minutes and twenty-three seconds (2:03:23).

Marathon commentators say the 30-year-old just have three miles remaining to become the first man to run a marathon in less than two hours.

In 2013, Kimetto won marathons in Tokyo (Japan) and Boston (United States) and had promised before the race on Sunday to set a new world record.

He told reporters after the race that he believed that he could break the record even during the time he was in the course running the race.

“I feel good because I won a very tough race, I felt good from the start and in the last few miles I felt I could do it and break the record,” he said.

Kimetto who used to run local marathon competitions in Kenya stopped running and decided to tend to his farm but had a second thought and returned to pursue his career. He said has now left his farm for his mother and wife to attend to as he concentrates on his running career.

Dennis Kimetto won the 2013 Tokyo Marathon with a new course record time of two hours, six minutes and fifty seconds (2:06:50) and he went ahead to win the Chicago Marathon in a course-record time of two hours, three minutes and forty-five seconds (2:03:45).

The marathon competition is a long-distance running event with an official distance of 42.195 kilometers which is run as a road race. The event was instituted in commemoration of the fabled run of the Greek soldier Pheidippides, a messenger from the Battle of Marathon to Athens.

Issaka Adams / NationalTurk Africa Sports News

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