Kenyan marathon world record-holder Eliud Kipchoge won the Berlin Marathon for a record fifth time on September 24, 2023. After his much-celebrated victory, social media posts emerged online with an image of a street sign in the German capital purportedly bearing Kipchoge’s name. Some claimed the Kenyan was being honoured for his running exploits. But this is misleading; AFP reporters in Berlin confirmed the street sign in the image is not “Kipchoge Straße” but “Kurfürstenstraße”. City officials
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Kipchoge is currently tied at four titles with Ethiopia's marathon great Haile Gebrselassie, who claimed the Berlin Marathon for four consecutive years between 2006 and 2009.