Kenenisa Bekele fought back from Wilson Kipsang trying to break him on two separate occasions during the 2016 Berlin Marathon on Sunday, September 25, 2016. Bekele not only fought back, but took the lead, with one kilometer to go and missed the WR by only seven seconds! This interview was done with Kenenisa Bekele by Andy Edwards of Race News Service after the completion of one of the most exciting races of the year!
Kenenisa Bekele ran 2:03:03, the second fastest marathon time on a legal marathon course ever. Most importantly, Kenenisa showed respect for the distance and by the tactics he used to race and catch up with Wilson KIpsang. Here is the interview that Andy Edwards of Race News Service did with Kenenisa just after the race on Sunday, September 25, 2016.