Kiptoo beats Gebrselassie's World Masters Record

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Kenya's Mark Kiptoo smashed Haile Gebrselassie's World Masters M40 record at the Azkoitia-Azpeitia half marathon in Spain on Sunday 25 March.

The 41-year-old Kenyan won the 2018  edition in a stunning 1 hour 6 minutes and 4 seconds beating legendary Gebrselassie's World masters M40 half mararhon record by 5 seconds.

In 2013, at age of 36, Kiptoo dominated Azkoitia-Azpeitia half mararhon with a winning time of 1 hour and 42 seconds. He will race next in two weeks at the Paris Marathon where he plans to set new masters record which stands at 2:07:38.

Leading men's results | See full results here

1 KIPTOO, MARK 1:01:04 | 1:01:03

2 OMISO ARITA, STEPHEN 1:01:11 | 1:01:10

3 KIPLIMO KOSGEI, SAMUEL 1:01:23 | 1:01:21

4 MENJO, KIPRONO 1:01:36 | 1:01:36 

5 TSEGAY, MERHAWI 1:01:39 | 1:01:39 

6 KIPRONO KIPTUM, JOSEPH 1:01:41 | 1:01:41 

7 AYEKO, NATHAN 1:02:17 | 1:02:17 

8 BEKELE MEGERSA, GIZAW 1:02:19 | 1:02:19

9 MUENDO MWENDWA, STEPHEN 1:02:23 | 1:02:23

10 BETT, EMMANUEL 1:04:19 | 1:04:19

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