Lithuanian ultra marathon runner Aleksandr Sorokin bettered his own 100km world record by six seconds in the city of Vilnius in his home country, organisers said on Sunday.The 41-year old covered the distance in six hours, five minutes and 35 seconds to improve on his previous mark, set in April last year
Lithuanian ultra marathon runner Aleksandr Sorokin bettered his own 100km world record by six seconds in the city of Vilnius in his home country, organisers said on Sunday.
The 41-year old covered the distance in six hours, five minutes and 35 seconds to improve on his previous mark, set in April last year. "I am extremely happy that I managed to break a world record and that I did so in my native city. Vilnius is the city where I started running and it's my great pleasure to thank it by making history right here," Sorokin said.Source: Reuters
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