htmlOn September 25, the 48th Berlin Marathon will kick off under the Berlin Victory Column. Under the gaze of the goddess Victoria, more than 45,000 athletes will embark on this fastest track in the world and head towards Brandenburg Gate .
Olympic champion, world record holder, Grand Slam champion winner and countless marathon enthusiasts who are eager to break through on this track will be here to chase their own speed dreams.
As one of the six major world marathon Grand Slam races, Berlin Quick Flat Track has set 11 world records - more than any other marathon. The most classic one, in 2018 and 2019, Erude Kipchoger and Kenesa Beckler set world records and the second best results in the world, with a difference of 2 seconds.
Now, the countdown number is gradually approaching, and in less than 72 hours, the 2022 Berlin Marathon will officially start. Before the race officially begins, we have compiled the key points you need to know about the 2022 Berlin Marathon, and hope these TIPS will make you enjoy Sunday's race more.
After four years, the world's greatest marathon athlete Erude Kipchoger returned to Berlin. As the world record holder and the first marathon runner to run a marathon into the 2-hour mark, can he perform a miracle in Berlin again? For example, breaking the world record of 2 hours, 01 minutes and 39 seconds that he set in 2018.
The highlights hidden in Kipchoger are whether he can win the championship. As the champion of the three Berlin Marathons in 2015, 2017 and 2018, if he wins the Berlin Marathon in 2022, he will become another four-champion in Berlin Marathon.
Note: Before Kipchoge, medium and long-distance running , legendary figure in the field of marathon Heller Gebrescilasier won the championship in Berlin for four consecutive years from 2006 to 2009 and set world records twice, attracting world attention.
However, although everyone is full of expectations for Kipchoge to set a world record again in Berlin, the legend in the field of marathon is relatively calm. In the official reply, Kipchoge said that he is committed to running an excellent race. So, let's look forward to whether the record can be rewritten on Sunday.
Kipchoge's appearance made last year's champion Guye Adora less interested, but at the 2017 Berlin Marathon, the fledgling player still caused great trouble to Kipchoge.
In 2017, the little-known runner ran back and forth with Kipchoge in the last 5 km, and it wasn’t until 2 km left in the race that Kipchoge successfully regained the lead in the race and won what he called the “hardest” marathon of his career.
Now 31-year-old Adora is now a star player in the sport, winning his first Grand Slam title by beating another childhood idol, Kenesa Becker in 2021. On the list of special players, Adora ranked second with a time of 2 hours, 03 minutes and 46 seconds, and plans to reach within 2 hours, 03 minutes in this game.
In the women's group competition, all eyes were focused on American marathon record holder Kaila Damato (full marathon PB 2 hours 19 minutes 12 seconds) and American half marathon record holder Sara Hall (full marathon PB 2 hours 20 minutes 32 seconds).
The former is the champion of the 2022 Houston Marathon, and the latter is fifth in the women's marathon event at this year's Eugene World Championships, ranking second in the 2020 London Marathon , second only to world record holder Brigid Cosgey. Last year's Chicago Marathon also scored the third best result.
In addition to both, the East African runners are Kenya Nancy Jelagat Meto and Vibian Chepkirui. The former ran a personal best in 2 hours, 19 minutes and 31 seconds in the 2022 Valencia Marathon, and the latter won the Vienna City Marathon Championship in April with a time of 2 hours, 20 minutes and 59 seconds.
Due to the domestic environment where there is no competition to run and the national team's need to go out for training, many top domestic players are currently training overseas for competitions. At this weekend's Berlin Marathon , national team players He Jie and Renqing Dongzhibu will participate in the competition. The goal is to run through the 2-hour and 10-minute mark and strive for the qualification to meet the standards of the Paris Olympic marathon.
Can they achieve a breakthrough on the fastest track in Berlin? Or be more bold and guess the national record? After all, the best domestic score in China was created at the Berlin Marathon in 2019. Who said he would not replicate it?
Domestic lock-in five-star sports
Beijing time 14:50 Roller skating group (elite)
Beijing time 14:57 Roller skating group, wheelchair group
Beijing time 15:15 Four batches of running groups start
Running enthusiasts can search the page through the results of the Berlin Marathon website or through Apple/Google BMW on Play The BERLIN-MARATHON application tracks in real time to understand the contestants' competition progress as soon as possible.
Finally, let us wait patiently for the curtain of Sunday's game to kick off.
