But the real surprise came in second place, which featured a great debut by Irina Mikitenko. The Ethiopian clocked 2:23:17 to complete yet another double win in Berlin after 2006. Not only Gebrselassie but Gete Wami also defended her title in Berlin in ideal weather conditions. I have to say thank you Germany! Today the weather was perfect, it was not as windy as last year,” said Gebrselassie, who will target his next big Marathon goal next year, when he will run the Olympic race in Beijing. “The spectators gave me more support than last year. About one million spectators cheered on the Ethiopian. Gebrselassie produced the absolute highlight at Germany’s biggest and most spectacular Marathon for which 40,215 runners from 115 nations had entered. “That is something different in comparison to the 5,000 or 10,000m, because the Marathon is the king of the distance races.” The two-time Olympic 10,000m champion has now broken 24 World records or world bests. “It was something very special today, because this is the marathon world record!” said Gebrselassie after improving the World Marathon record by 29 seconds. It was Paul Tergat (Kenya) who had run 2:04:55 in 2003 in Berlin. Haile Gebrselassie finally fulfilled the first one of his two big marathon dreams: The 34-year-old Ethiopian broke the World record at the real,- Berlin-Marathon, clocking 2:04:26.
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