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Eliud Kipchoge won the Melbourne Marathon on Sunday, October 11, 2026, in a course record of 2:09:10 at age 41, according to Athletics Weekly. The report said he took two seconds off Timothy Kiplagat Ronoh's 2022 mark on a flatter, redesigned course, and that it was his first marathon victory since Berlin in 2023. Thomas Do Canto was second in 2:10:35, and Camille French won the women's race in 2:28:25. A later Marathon Handbook report, dated October 10, 2026 at 21:07, also described the win as a course record by two seconds and Kipchoge's first marathon victory since Berlin in 2023, though it did not name the runner-up or women's champion. The two reports agree on the winning time and the record margin; no conflicting figures, dates, or claims have been reported. The result stands as the current state of the story.
Eliud Kipchoge won the Melbourne Marathon on Sunday, October 11, in a course record of 2:09:10 at age 41. He took two seconds off Timothy Kiplagat Ronoh's 2022 mark on a flatter, redesigned course, earning his first marathon victory since Berlin in 2023. Thomas Do Canto was second in 2:10:35, and Camille French won the women's race in 2:28:25.
Eliud Kipchoge won the Melbourne Marathon on Sunday in 2:09:10, setting a course record by two seconds. It is the 41-year-old's first marathon victory since Berlin in 2023.