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Kenyan athlete Kipchoge wins 2022 Tokyo Marathon

Eliud Kipchoge runs marathon in 2 hours, 2, minutes, 40 seconds, making him 4th-fastest marathoner in history

Muhammed Enes Çallı  | 06.03.2022 - Update : 08.03.2022
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By Muhammed Enes Calli

ANKARA (AA) - Kenyan athlete Eliud Kipchoge won the 2022 Tokyo Marathon on Sunday.

He ran the marathon in 2 hours, 2 minutes, and 40 seconds, making him the fourth-fastest marathoner in history.

Another Kenyan, Amos Kipruto, finished second in 2:03:13, with Ethiopian Tamirat Tola coming in third in 2:04:14.

Separately, a three-time Olympian Stephen Mokoka from South Africa broke the 50-kilometer men's world record in a road race in Gqeberha with a time of 2:40:13, surpassing Ethiopia's Ketema Negasa.​​​​​​​

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