25km WR men

[d pickup]

'Kimetto breaks 25km World record in Berlin'

Report suggests he's 28, or is he 18? Certainly iaaf site has details of only activity of him for '11 and '12

Dennis Kipruto Kimetto, KEN, '94, 1:11:18, 6may12

prev WR 1:11:50 Sammy Kosgei '10

PBs
10000 28.30.0 '11
15km 42.57 '12
20km 57.25 '12
HM 59.14 '12

see
www.iaaf.org/Mini/WHM12/News/NewsDetail.aspx?id=64808
www.iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/lette ... index.html

[LiamRiley]

Things do seem a bit messy passport-wise. He entered the Nairobi Half Marathon as Dennis Kipruto Koech, then his passport says he is Dennis Kipruto Kimelli, and now he claims to be called Dennis Kipruto Kimetto.

Call me a cynic, but his claimed birthdate of 22/01/1994 is just two alterations away from the previously known date of 22/04/1984. This doesn't look like a 17-year-old boy. He won half marathons in Nairobi, Ndakaini and Eldama Ravine in 2011, yet no one mentioned he was a young teenager then. Saying that, a Dennis Kipruto came fifth at the junior Africa XC in 2011. Confusing...

I'll ignore the DOB and just focus on what was a great world record run regardless!