Kenyans Eliud Kipchoge and Gladys Cherono won the men's and women's races, respectively, on Sunday (27th September) at the Berlin Marathon.

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Running conditions were ideal on a cool, crisp autumn morning in the German capital for the Berlin Marathon on Sunday. More than 41,000 runners from 131 countries were registered to run.

In the men's race, Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya took victory with a personal best time of 2 hours and 4 minutes. That was despite having problems with his insoles from early on in the race.

Running his sixth Berlin marathon, Kipchoge finished comfortably ahead of compatriot Eliud Kiptanui in second on 2:05:22 and Feyisa Lilesa of Ethiopia who was third in 2:06:57.

Kipchoge shaved five seconds off his previous personal best time and 42 seconds off the previous fastest mark of the year that he himself set at the London Marathon in April.

And in the women's race. Gladys Cherono, also of Kenya, beat the 2:20 mark to winwith a personal best of 2:19.25.

She finished ahead of Ethiopian trio Aberu Kebede, Meseret Hailu and Tadelech Bekele.

It was Cherono's first win in only her second marathon. The 32-year-old half marathon world champion ran 2:20:03 for second place in her debut in Dubai last January.