New records set as Kenya's Kipchoge, Cherono win Berlin Marathon races
Berlin, Sep 16 : Kenyan athletes Eliud Kipchoge and Gladys Cherono won their respective Berlin Marathon races on Sunday and set new records.
Kipchoge set a new world record in completed the course around the German capital with a time of 2 hours, 1 minute, 39 seconds, beating his compatriot Dennis Kimetto's 2014 marathon time of 2:02:57, reports Efe news.
"The winning time is official, and it is another second faster: 2:01:39 for Eliud Kipchoge! Congratulations!" tweeted the race's organizers after his provisional time was bettered by one second.
His compatriots Amos Kipruto and Wilson Kipsang completed the podium coming second and third, with times of 2:06:23 and 2:06:48 respectively.
The women's race also proved victorious for Kenya, with Cherono clinching a win and a new course record with a time of 2:18:10.
She was followed by Ethiopian athletes Ruti Aga (2:18:34) and Tirunesh Dibaba (2:18:55).
All three women beat the 2:19 record: "Never in the history of marathon running have three women broken 2:19 in one race!" tweeted the marathon.
Some 44,000 runners were signed up for Sunday's 42-kilometer (26-mile) marathon that culminates at the iconic Brandenburg Gate.
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Pakistan forces kill 67 Afghan Taliban personnel in overnight operations: Minister
Islamabad (PTI): Pakistan security forces killed another 67 Afghan Taliban personnel in overnight operations, repulsing their attacks at 16 locations along the southwestern border early Tuesday, officials said.
Information Minister Attaullah Tarar provided updates on the ongoing Operation Ghazab lil Haq, launched on Feb 26 in response to the Afghan Taliban raids.
Tarar said that 40 Afghan Taliban personnel were killed in overnight operations in the border region along the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
“Physical attack was attempted at one place, while a fire raid was conducted on 12 locations, which were all repulsed without any loss of life,” he said in an update posted on X.
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“At least 40 Afghan Taliban were killed in the overnight operations in KP,” he said, adding that “follow-up” operations continued.
Separately, the Afghan Taliban resorted to physical attack from across the border on 16 locations in Northern Balochistan in Qilla Saifullah, Noshki and Chaman districts while engaging Pakistan troops on 25 locations in a fire raid.
“The attacks at all the locations were repulsed with Afghan Taliban suffering 27 killed and scores injured,” he said.
The minister also said that one soldier of the paramilitary Frontier Corps (FC) Balochistan North was killed while five soldiers were injured.
On Monday, the minister said in a statement that Pakistani security forces killed 435 Afghan Taliban combatants and another 630 of them were injured. He said that 188 tanks and armoured vehicles were destroyed, 31 Afghan posts were captured and 51 locations across Afghanistan were successfully targeted in air strikes.
Meanwhile, state-run PTV reported that the Pakistan armed forces successfully conducted an air operation in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, destroying the Khogani base.
“Fitna al-Khawarij and Afghan Taliban face massive setbacks on every front after unprovoked aggression,” PTV reported, citing sources.
It further reported that security sources said Operation Ghadab-ul-Haq is still ongoing and will continue until its objectives are achieved.
