BERLIN (AP) — So close. Yet again. Kenenisa Bekele missed out on the world record by just two seconds as he completed a remarkable comeback to win the Berlin Marathon on Sunday. The 37-year-old led an ...

Bekele, 40, clocked 2:05:53, the fastest-ever marathon by a runner 40 years or older. He was with the lead pack until being dropped in the 21st mile. But Bekele estimated he could have run 90 to 120 ...

Ethiopia’s Kenenisa Bekele competes to win the Berlin Marathon on September 29, 2019 in Berlin. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP) (Photo credit should read JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via ...

In January 2017, Kenenisa Bekele, the Ethiopian who holds the world record in both the 5,000 and 10,000-meters, said that he believed that he was capable of running “around 2:01:30” in the marathon.

STORY: Former Olympic and world champion Kenenisa Bekele staged a thrilling comeback to win the Berlin marathon on Sunday (September 29), dramatically missing out on the world record by two seconds ...

In January 2017, Kenenisa Bekele, the Ethiopian who holds the world record in both the 5,000 and 10,000-meters, said that he believed that he was capable of running “around 2:01:30” in the marathon.

LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 02: Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia competes in the Elite Men’s Marathon during the 2022 TCS London Marathon on October 02, 2022 in London, England. (Photo by Mike Owen/Getty ...