The last few minutes of Gebrselassie record breaking run

Haile Gebrselassie broke the world marathon record with an official time of 2hr 4min 26sec to win the 34th Berlin Marathon last Sunday

Gebrselassie will receive the $50,000 winner’s cheque on top of his $250,000 appearance fee

This was Gebreselassie’s second consecutive win in Berlin since he quit track racing after the 2004 Olympics to concentrate on the marathon.

But there was no talk of retirement for the Ethiopian with the World Athletics Championships set to take place at Berlin’s Olympic Stadium in 2009 and next year’s Olympic Games in Beijing

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