Bekele wins Berlin Marathon, misses WR by just 2 seconds

BERLIN (AP) — So close. Yet again.
Kenenisa Bekele missed out on the world record by just two seconds as he completed a remarkable comeback to win the Berlin Marathon on Sunday.
The 37-year-old led an Ethiopian sweep of the podium as he crossed the line in 2 hours, 1 minute, 41 seconds, claiming the first prize of 40,000 euros ($43,760), but missing out on an additional bonus of 50,000 euros he would have received for breaking Eliud Kipchoge’s world record, set by the Kenyan on the s