Eliud Kipchoge makes history by running sub two-hour marathon

• Kenyan runs unofficial time of 1hr 59min 40sec in Vienna • World record holder was assisted by 41 pacemakers and lasers Eliud Kipchoge made history in Vienna by running the first-ever sub two-hour marathon in a time of 1hr 59min 40sec. Cheered on by thousands of fans, the Kenyan world record holder and Olympic champion completed four laps of a 9.4km circuit around the Prater, a park in the centre of the Austrian capital. Kipchoge achieved the feat with a team of 41 in-and-out pacemakers, s...