Ethiopia's Guye Adola won the men's Berlin Marathon on Sunday with compatriot Kenenisa Bekele, a two-time former winner in Germany's capital, finishing third as his bid to break the world record fell short.

Adola won in an official time of two hours, five minutes, 45 seconds -- well short of Eliud Kipchoge's world record 2:01:39 set in the German capital three years ago -- with Kenya's Bethwel Yegon 29 seconds behind in second.