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Wilson Kipsang: I’m still the world’s best marathon runner

NEW YORK — Kenyan Wilson Kipsang said he remains the world’s best marathon runner, despite no longer holding the world record and losing his most recent 26.2-mile race.

“At the moment I consider myself,” Kipsang said Friday morning when asked who he thinks is No. 1. “Six races under 2:05. That’s not ever been done.”

Kipsang, 33, pointed to his unmatched consistency. His six marathons faster than 2 hours, 5 minutes, one per year since 2010, are twice as many as any other man in history.

Kipsang won three straight major marathons — Berlin in 2013 (then-world record 2:03:23) in London in 2014 (2:04:29) and New York in 2014 (2:10:59).