Gebrselassie to run Berlin marathon in September

Ethiopia's Haile Gebrselassie will run the Berlin marathon in September for a third straight year after shattering the world record in the German capital last year.

Gebrselassie's time of 2 hours 4 minutes and 26 seconds eclipsed the previous record of 2:04.55 set by his friend and rival Paul Tergat, of Kenya, on the same Berlin course in 2003.

Gebrselassie decided not to run the Olympics marathon because of worries about the pollution in Beijing and will instead run the Berlin marathon on Sept. 28. He is expected, however, to take part in the 10,000m race in Beijing.