Wilson Kipsang, photo by PhotoRun.net
Kenenisa Bekele, photo by PhotoRun.net
Kipsang vs Bekele
BERLIN (GER): The BMW Berlin Marathon will see a duel of superstars Wilson Kipsang and Kenenisa Bekele on 25th September. While Kenya’s Kipsang has already won Germany’s most prestigious road race, clocking a world record of 2:03:23 in 2013, it will be the first time that Ethiopia’s Bekele competes on the roads in Germany. The Berlin race will be the first autumn marathon in the Abbott World Marathon Majors. “I’m happy to come back to Berlin where I ran my world record in 2013 because I really like the course in Berlin. My goal for this year in Berlin is to run as fast as possible. I like to compete in a strong competition and that’s why I’m happy that Kenenisa Bekele also is running in Berlin. And I hope we can stimulate each other to run a fast time. Of course this will depend on the weather conditions on the day of the race and whether the pacemakers can do the right job, as they did during my world record race and for Dennis Kimetto when he ran the world record in Berlin a year later,” said Wilson Kipsang. Bekele was not selected for Rio and is switching his focus to Berlin and a fast race.
