Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia celebrates winning the men's competition at the Berlin marathon in Berlin, Germany, September 25, 2016. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
LONDON (Reuters) - Triple Olympic track champion Kenenisa Bekele, the second-fastest marathon runner in history, will make another attempt at claiming the world record over the classic 26.2 mile distance when he leads a stellar field for the London marathon in April.
Ethiopian Bekele, widely regarded as the greatest distance runner of all time and world record holder over 10,000 and 5,000 metres, ran two hours, three minutes and three seconds when winning Berlin last September, six seconds outside Dennis Kimetto's world record of 2:02:57 set on the same course in 2014.
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