President William Ruto and AU envoy Raila Odinga have congratulated Eliud Kipchoge for breaking the World Record by winning the Berlin Marathon in 2:01.09.
Kipchoge broke his own world marathon record with a run to shed off 30 seconds of his won previous mark.
Via Twitter on Sunday, Ruto said Kipchoge the greatest has done it again.
"The greatest has done it again; breaking the world record! Congratulations @EliudKipchoge for winning the Berlin Marathon for the fourth time," he said.
"You are truly the King of the Marathon."
Raila also congratulated Kipchoge saying he is arguably the best marathoner.
"...and now you've taken your domination of the distance notches higher," Raila said.
"A great precision run flawlessly executed once more, breaking the world record. Congratulations @EliudKipchoge. Keep flying our high."
Kipchoge won the race in 2:01:09 over the gruelling 26.2 miles at the Berlin Marathon
He beat his own World record by 30 seconds. Mark Korir came in second at 2:05.
Kipchoge knackered the first half of the race in 59:51, almost a minute less than what he had asked for in his pace notes; 60:50.
He had gone through the first 5km in 14:14 and cleared 10km in 28:23, well within his 2018 World Record.
