BERLIN (AP) — Patrick Makau of Kenya won the 37th Berlin Marathon on Sunday, but failed to break the world record set on the course two years ago.
Makau ran through the rain-soaked German capital in 2 hours 5 minutes and 8 seconds, finishing 2 seconds ahead of countryman Geoffrey Mutai.
The Kenyans had hoped to break the world record of Ethiopian great Haile Gebrselassie, who ran the Berlin Marathon in 2 hours, 3 minutes, 59 seconds in 2008.
Gebrselassie was absent from Berlin this year. He is running the New York City Marathon in November.