Kenyan athlete Dennis Kimetto has broken the world marathon record with a time of 2h 2min and 57sec. Shaving off 31 seconds off Wilson Kipsang record of 2013

All Kenyans in the top 8 except position 3 taken by Ethiopian.

@Kusadikika, it is myth that has mutated to fact that the world records can only be broken in three courses: Berlin, Chicago and Boston. Boston will never be ratified because there's an 'illegal' gradient. Chicago will almost always not be ratified because of wind, it has to be a very nice day with wind just bordering on illegal. Berlin has the perfect course, lovely weather and the psychological 'thing' that makes athletes believe it can be done (marathon is 60% mental 30% physical and 10% luck). They also invest in good rabbits-those athletes (mostly kenyans) who push the elite field but never finish.
Well done Kimetto, pain, practise has paid off.
Question - there's usually a bonus for breaking the world record. Will the two guys get each it? I can see land prices in Eld/Iten surging up as there will soon be serious cheddar in that ecosystem......

You are right GG. There is going to be serious money coming their way. I think both guys should get the World Record breaking bonus although I can also see the argument that only Kimetto broke the world record because by the time Mutai finished second the new world record was already 2:02.57 so the old one was no longer the world record and so only Kimetto broke the world record.

I am completely in awe of these athletes. People talk of Brazil winning the word cup 5 times and Germany 4 times and they are wildly celebrated. In the world of marathon running Kenya is so dominant it is more than the the equivalent of Brazil and Germany combined. We are IT in the world of marathons and no one comes even close. I think we should be extremely proud of that!!

There's small print that says a world record is a world record when ratified by the IAAF Council concerned, so the two chaps broke the official record. BTW, ratification can take as long as six months because honchos from round the world have to assemble in Zurich.