Eliud Kipchoge breaks two-hour marathon mark by 20 seconds bbc.com

Eliud Kipchoge becomes the first athlete to run a marathon in under two hours, beating the mark by 20 seconds.

The Kenyan, 34, covered the 26.2 miles (42.2km) in one hour 59 minutes 40 seconds in the Ineos 1:59 Challenge in Vienna, Austria on Saturday.

It will not be recognized as the official marathon world record because it was not in open competition and he used a team of rotating pacemakers.