Last Sunday, Ethiopian Kenenisa Bekele shocked many marathon followers with his winning 2:01:41 in the Berlin Marathon. At 37, he improved his personal record by more than a minute, and recorded the ...

Kenenisa Bekele withdrew from Sunday's London Marathon, citing a calf injury two days before he was to duel world-record holder Eliud Kipchoge. Bekele, a 38-year-old Ethiopian and the second-fastest ...

LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 02: Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia competes in the Elite Men’s Marathon during the 2022 TCS London Marathon on October 02, 2022 in London, England. (Photo by Mike Owen/Getty ...

BERLIN -- Guye Adola of Ethiopia won the Berlin Marathon on Sunday, when compatriot Kenenisa Bekele's attempt to break the world record was undone by warm weather and a blistering start to the race.

Ahead of 44-year-old Kenenisa Bekele's return to the 2026 Berlin Marathon, take a look back through at the legendary career of the Olympic Champion.