“This year there will be about the same number of participants as in 2019,” said Jürgen Lok, one of the representatives of the organizing team. “It shows that we are getting back to normal.”
Runners from 157 countries have registered for the competition, which is a record number of represented nations.
Two-time Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge from Kenya will also compete in the Berlin marathon, who will try to improve his world record achieved in 2018, when he managed to complete the marathon distance in two hours, one minute and 39 seconds.
“I want to have a good race. Whether it’s a world record or my best result, I want it to be a good run,” the runner told reporters. “I don’t think I can run faster than two hours.”
In 2020, the Berlin Marathon did not take place due to the Covid-19 pandemic, but last year Ethiopians Gotitoma Gebreslas and Guje Adola won, celebrating success in both the women’s and men’s competition.
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