On his preparation for the race, Kipchoge says he is ready to run a beautiful race. I want to be together with them at this time,” he told Capital Sport.
I want to be there to show the world that sports brings people together and enhances peace.
“I want to be there with the people when they commemorate this anniversary. But he says, Boston will be special not only because he will be chasing history there, but also because of the 10 th anniversary of the 2013 bombing. Kipchoge is a man of focus and one who doesn’t say much when he has his full concentration on. It will start almost half an hour plus after the wheelchair men and women’s race as well as the handcycle events.Įliud Kipchoge during the interview with Capital Sports at his Eldoret home. The race guns off at 9:37am ET, which is 4:37pm East African Time. What makes it even more difficult is the course, which is mostly made up of hilly terrain. Here is what you should know before the race.īoston is the oldest marathon in the world and is run without pacemakers. He will line up in Boston, the chase of history on his shoulders and the whole world watching with bated breathe as the Olympic Champion tries to conquer the hills of Boston. He has won London four times, Berlin three times including two world records, Chicago and Tokyo and now has Boston and New York to go. Kipchoge, arguably the greatest ever marathoner in the world, has already won four.
It is unbelievable.NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 17 – Marathon world record holder Eliud Kipchoge will be chasing another piece of history on Monday evening when he lines up on the streets of Boston, seeking to win his fifth major marathon, in his chase for a historic sweep of all the six majors in the world. I was feeling really easy with 3km to go. “When I reached 39km I just knew (I would win a medal). “I said so many times I wanted a top three, but I never made it.
Silver medalist Nageeye finished in a time of 2:09:58, two seconds ahead of his training partner Abdi, who he encouraged over the line in a sprint finish with fourth-placed Lawrence Cherono. “His domination in a major sport in the modern era is unprecedented.” “Eliud Kipchoge is the greatest of all time… in ANY sport,” performance coach and author Steve Magness wrote on Twitter. Kipchoge has now won 13 of the 15 major marathons he’s entered since stepping up to the distance in 2013. Lintao Zhang/Getty Images AsiaPac/Getty ImagesĪ second marathon gold medal cements Kipchoge’s status as the greatest runner ever over 26.2 miles, adding to a resume that includes the world record of 2:01:39 from 2018 and running the first ever sub-two-marathon, albeit in unofficial circumstances, as part of the INEOS 1:59 Challenge in 2019. Kipchoge celebrates his Olympic marathon victory in Sapporo.
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