MONTE CARLO, MONACO (AP) – Haile Gebrselassie’s latest marathon world record was ratified Friday by the International Association of Athletics Federations.

The Ethiopian ran two hours three minutes 59 seconds on Sept. 28 in Berlin to slash 27 seconds off the record he set in the same race last year.

Gebrselassie is the first man to run under two hours four minutes.

The IAAF also ratified Russian Denis Nizhegorodov’s 50-kilometre walk record of 3:34:14, and the women’s javelin record of 72.28 meters set by Barbora Spotakova of the Czech Republic.