Kipruto breaks course record, Edesa wins Hamburg Marathon

Kenyan Amos Kipruto won the 39th Hamburg Marathon in course record time. Ethiopian Workenesh Edesa won the women's race. Richard Ringer became seventh. Almost 40,000 runners are present at the running spectacle.

Kipruto breaks course record, Edesa wins Hamburg Marathon

Inspiring the culture of the sport of athletics with well prepared and thought-provoking content, that is written, podcast, video and images. Amos Kipruto won the Hamburg Marathon with a fast 2:03:46 course record. He also clocked the first sub-2:04:00 time in the race’s history. Philemon Kiplimo ran 2:04:01 and was also inside the former record (2:04:09). Third-placed Erick Sang completed an all-Kenyan podium with 2:04:30. South Africa’s Elroy …

The Ethiopian woman Workenesh Edesa won among the women. Richard Ringer became seventh. Almost 40,000 participants were present at the running spectacle.

Hamburg (dpa/lno) – Amos Kipruto won the 39th edition of the Haspa Marathon Hamburg and set a course record with his time of 2:03:46 hours. The Kenyan remained on the 42,195 km long circuit through the Elbe metropolis 23 seconds under the best mark of 2:04:09 hours set by his compatriot Bernard Koech 2023. Also the second-placed Philemon Kiplimo (Kenya) remained with 2:04:01 hours under the old mark. Richard Ringer (LC Rehlingen) took seventh pl…