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10/10 19:17 CDT Two-time Olympic champion Kipchoge ends 3-year victory drought,
wins Melbourne Marathon
Two-time Olympic champion Kipchoge ends 3-year victory drought, wins Melbourne
Marathon
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) --- Two-time Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge set a
race record Sunday in winning the Melbourne Marathon. And it could have been a
few seconds faster.
The 41-year-old from Kenya, a former world record holder and who won gold
medals at the 2016 and 2020 Games, slowed down to wave to spectators inside the
Melbourne Cricket Ground, where the last half-lap was run.
Kipchoge, who won his last marathon in September 2023 at Berlin, broke away
inside the last 10 kilometers of the 42.2-kilometer race Sunday and crossed the
finish line in 2 hours, 9 minutes, 10 seconds, two seconds inside the previous
race record.
Kipchoge's Kenyan compatriot Timothy Kiplagat Ronoh held the previous Melbourne
record of 2:09:12 set in 2022.
Australian Thomas Do Canto was runner-up Sunday in 2:10:35 and New Zealand's
Camille French won the women's race in 2:28:25.
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