Gebrselassie breaks world marathon record

BERLIN: Ethiopia's Haile Gebrselassie was delighted to put his recent calf injury behind him to break his own world record yesterday at the Berlin Marathon for the second consecutive year in the German capital.

The 35-year-old brushed off a calf injury he suffered in training two weeks ago to come home in a time of 2 hours 03 minutes and 59 seconds.

He took nearly half a minute off his own previous world record of 2 hours 04 minutes and 26 seconds set here 12 months ago to fulfill his own confident pre-race prediction of setting a new best mark.