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Eliud Kipchoge broke the men's marathon record by 30 seconds. How close is the official sub-2 hour barrier now?

  • Written by: Simon D Angus, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Monash University
Eliud Kipchoge broke the men's marathon record by 30 seconds. How close is the official sub-2 hour barrier now?Eliud Kipchoge crosses the line to win the Berlin Marathon on September 25, 2022.Christoph Soeder/AP

Sixty-nine seconds.

In that time, you could reheat a cuppa in the microwave or get halfway through brushing your teeth. But for Eliud Kipchoge, the greatest men’s marathoner of all time, his life’s work has come down to a cruel clutch of...

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