Olympic marathon champ Samuel Wanjiru wants to break the marathon world record in Berlin 2009

September 6, 2008

Kenyan Samuel Wanjiru, the winner of the 2008 Olympic marathon in Beijing is going after the world record in the Berlin marathon in 2009. The 21-year old wants to break the current world record of Haile Gebrselassie (2:04:26 h, Berlin 2007): “I want the world record at next year’s Berlin marathon and I want to defend my Olympic title” he stated in an interview.