Kenyan athlete Kipchoge wins 2022 Tokyo Marathon

  Kenyan athlete Eliud Kipchoge won the 2022 Tokyo Marathon on Sunday.

He ran the marathon in 2 hours, 2 minutes, and 40 seconds, making him the fourth-fastest marathoner in history.

Another Kenyan, Amos Kipruto, finished second in 2:03:13, with Ethiopian Tamirat Tola coming in third in 2:04:14.

Separately, a three-time Olympian Stephen Mokoka from South Africa broke the 50-kilometer men's world record in a road race in Gqeberha with a time of 2:40:13, surpassing Ethiopia's Ketema Negasa./aa​​​​​​​