Ethiopian Milkesa Mengesha won his first Berlin Marathon, narrowly beating Kenyan Cybrian Kotut with both finishing outside world record time in the German capital on Sunday.
BREAKING | Ethiopia's Milkesa Mengesha wins the Berlin Marathon!
— @RadullLive (@radulllive) September 29, 2024
Men's Berlin Marathon
1. Milkesa Mengesha 🇪🇹 02:03:17 🥇
2. Cybrian Kotut 🇰🇪 02:03:22 🥈
3. Haymanot Ayew 🇪🇹 02:03:31 🥉
4. Stephen Kiprop 🇰🇪 02:03:37
5. Hailemariyam Kiros 🇪🇹 02:04:35#RadullKE #berlinmarathon pic.twitter.com/Myy6upAJZC
Mengesha finished five seconds ahead of Kotut in an as yet unofficial time of 2hr 03min 17sec, with both recording personal bests.
Just look at what it means to him 🥹
— SuperSport 🏆 (@SuperSportTV) September 29, 2024
Milkesa Mengesha comes out on top in the Berlin Marathon! 🇪🇹#BerlinMarathon pic.twitter.com/7hg8MpHTdz
The times were outside the late Kelvin Kiptum's world record time of 2:00:35 and five-time Berlin winner Eliud Kipchoge's course record of 2:01:09, set in 2022.