Twice Olympic 10,000 metres champion Haile Gebrselassie set a course record in the Amsterdam marathon today but failed to better the two-year-old world record.
The 32-year-old Ethiopian, who retired from the track after last year's Athens Olympics, clocked two hours six minutes 20 seconds in his second race and first win over 42.195 kms.
Kenyan Paul Tergat, second to Gebrselassie over 10,000 metres at two Olympic Games and two world championships, set the men's world mark of 2:04.55 in Berlin on Sept. 28, 2003.
Kenyan Daniel Yego was second in 2:08:58 and Ethiopia's Tesfaye Tola third in 2:09.17.
Kutre Dulecha completed an Ethiopian double by winning the women's race in 2:30.06.
