FLASH: Dennis Kimetto (KEN) broke the marathon world record* at the Berlin Marathon with a time of 2:02:57 – RUNNING GERMANY: BERLIN

FLASH:  Dennis Kimetto (KEN) broke the marathon world record* at the Berlin Marathon with a time of 2:02:57 on Sunday (28).

His time took 26 seconds off the previous mark, set in the same race last year by Wilson Kipsang.

In second place, fellow Kenyan Emmanuel Mutai was also inside the previous world record with his time of 2:03:13. Ethiopia's Abera Kuma was a distant third in 2:05:56.

While Kenyans took the top two spots in the men's race, there was Ethiopian success in the women's race with Tirfi Tsegaye winning in 2:20:18, the fastest time in the world this year, and holding off compatriot Feyse Tadese, who clocked 2:20:27. USA's Shalane Flanagan was third in 2:21:14.

Flanagan took an early lead in the women's race in her bid to break the US record, which still stands at 2:19:36 to Deena Kastor from 2006, and passed the halfway point in 1:09:38.