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Australian marathon record broken as 20-year drought ends
Haftu Strintzos broke the Australian marathon record and became the first Australian man to win the Gold Coast Marathon in 20 years, in a remarkable run in crisp, sunny conditions on Sunday morning.
Not even an hour earlier, Cameron Myers had scored a dominant victory in the men’s mile at the prestigious Prefontaine Classic in the United States – and become the outright national record holder in the process.
Haftu Strintzos winning the Gold Coast Marathon in record-breaking time. Casey Sims/Oceania Athletics
The clock read 2:06:20 when Strintzos breasted the tape to win the Gold Coast Marathon.
In a gutsy and pulsating dash to the finish line, it was touch and go whether the Ethiopian-born Aussie would knock off Andy Buchanan’s national record.
Strintzos strides to Australian marathon record
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Haftu Strintzos has broken the Australian record while becoming the first Australian man to win the Gold Coast Marathon in 20 years.
Strintzos strode through the finish line tape in a blistering 2:06:20 on Sunday, bettering previous holder Andy Buchanan's record set in Valencia, Spain in 2024 by two seconds.
It's just the third time in the last 40 years that the Australian milestone has tumbled and the first time it has happened on home soil in that period.
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