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Kipchoge clocks 2:01:09 Migliozzi wins French Open after stunning

for world record in Berlin last-round 62

Marathon rough. He landed his ap-

proach shot cleanly, but
needed a 48-feet putt for
birdie and fell 7 feet short to
finish with a 3-under 68 for
15 under overall. It was a bit-
ter end to the tournament for
Hojgaard, given his round on
Thursday and that he led by
six strokes after the second
round

It was Migliozzi's turn to
shine as he shot up the lead-
erboard with five consecutive
birdies on Nos. 6-10 to move
(AP) — Guido Migliozzi within one shot of the co-
won the French Open by When Migliozzi finished on leaders at halfway, along with
one shot from Rasmus 16-under 268, he was one Barjon and Pieters.
Hojgaard after a stunning shot ahead of Hojgaard, who
(AP) — He's done it again. Two-time Olympic nine birdies saw the Ital- had two holes left to play.
champion Eliud Kipchoge bettered his own world ian tie the course record The 21-year-old Dane's par Coetzee fell back after a triple
record in the Berlin Marathon on Sunday. with a 9-under 62 in the on the 17th left him needing bogey on the 15th, and Mi-
final round on Sunday. a birdie on the par-4 18th to gliozzi's incessant pressure
The Kenyan star clocked 2 hours, 1 minute, 9 seconds to force a playoff. finally got to Hojgaard.
shave 30 seconds off his previous best mark of 2:01:39 set It was the 25-year-old Mi-
on the same course in 2018. gliozzi's third European Tour But Hojgaard, who had led The tournament was not
win, his first for three years, since posting a superb 62 of played over the last two years
"My legs and my body still feel young," the 37-year-old and one he'll remember a his own in Thursday's open- due to the coronavirus pan-
Kipchoge said. "But the most important thing is my very long time. ing round, teed off into the demic.
mind, and that also feels fresh and young. I'm so happy to
break the world record."

Ethiopia's Tigist Assefa unexpectedly won the women's Evenepoel powers to road race gold at
race in a course record of 2:15:37 – 18 minutes faster than
she had ever run before. It was the third fastest time ever. cycling worlds

Kenya's Rosemary Wanjiru was second on her debut in
2:18:00 – the second fastest debut ever run – just ahead of (AP) — A fortnight af-
Ethiopian runner Tigist Abayechew in 2:18:03. ter becoming Belgium's
first Grand Tour winner
Kipchoge and Assefa's combined time of 4:16:46 ensured in 44 years, Remco Eve-
the marathon was the fastest ever. The men's record has nepoel became his coun-
now been set eight times in a row in Berlin, favored by try's first men's elite road
runners for its flat course. race world champion in a
decade to cap his break-
It's Kipchoge's fourth win in the city, equaling the re- through season.
cord set by Haile Gebrselassie. The Ethiopian great – like
Kipchoge now – also set two world records (in 2007 and Evenepoel won the Vuelta
2008) in Berlin. a Espana Grand Tour two
weeks ago and was again
Participant numbers were reduced by nearly half under dominant in Sunday's
strict restrictions last year, and the 2020 race was called 266.9-kilometer race as he
off due to the pandemic. broke away with 25 kilome-
ters left and powered to an city south of Sydney.
Kipchoge set off at a furious pace on Sunday, covering emphatic win. Compatriot Wout Van Aert
the first 10 kilometers in just 28:23 and clocking 42:32 Early breaks gained as much just missed out on the podi-
at the 15k-mark, hinting at a sub two-hour attempt. He The 22-year-old spread his as eight minutes on the pelo- um, finishing fourth.
broke the two-hour barrier in Vienna in 2019 when he arms in celebration as he ton, but they never looked
ran 1:59:40 in a race that did not conform to regulations. crossed the line on his own to threatening. Before the race news emerged
as he became the first Belgian that Dutch star Mathieu van
Kipchoge and Belihu completed the half marathon in man since Philippe Gilbert in Inside the last 40 kilometers der Poel, one of the title fa-
just 59:51. Adola and Kenyan runners Abel Kipchumba, 2012 to win a cycling worlds the pace quickened and the vorites for the men's race, had
Mark Korir and Bethwel Yegon followed in 1:01:25. road race. front group started to pull been arrested and charged by
away. On the second last lap police for an alleged assault at
"I planned to go out fast in the first half," Kipchoge said. French rider Christophe La- Evenepoel and Kazakh rider the team's hotel in the early
porte took second after win- Alexey Lutsenko broke clear hours of Sunday morning.
The last pacemaker dropped off at the 25k-mark, leaving ning the bunch sprint behind and built a small advantage.
Kipchoge on his own, but Belihu remained on his heels. Evenepoel. Australian Mi- Police took van der Poel into
chael Matthews won bronze The Belgian star, who earlier custody after an incident at
Kipchoge slowed somewhat in reaching the 30k-mark in as the chasing pack finished this season won the Liege- the team hotel involving an
1:25:40. Belihu was unable to keep up and followed 21 two minutes 21 seconds be- Bastogne-Liege one-day clas- argument with two teenage
seconds behind before dropping further back. hind the Belgian. sic, pushed clear of Lutsenko girls as he was trying to sleep.
on the second-last ascent of
By this stage it was just a question of whether Kipchoge The race featured 12 laps of the tough Mt Pleasant climb Van der Poel was cleared to
would break his own record. He did. a 17-kilometer finishing cir- and was never challenged on start the race but pulled out
cuit at Wollongong, a coastal his way to a dominant victory. shortly after.