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October 12, 2019 October 12, 2019 / News/Elites / 3 minutes of reading
Eliud Kipchoge did it! The first ever sub-2 hour marathon
Eliud Kipchoge, arguably the greatest marathoner of all time, did it! This morning in Vienna Austria, he ran a marathon in 1:59:40. Not the world record because this was not a record eligible event but an astounding performance regardless.
September 20, 2018 September 19, 2018 / News/Elites / 4 minutes of reading
2:01:39!
As I’m sure you are aware now, Eliud Kipchoge ran a world record 2:01:39 at this past weekend’s Berlin Marathon, breaking the old world record by an astonishing 78 seconds. This simply expands on the resume of an amazing athlete who many were already calling the greatest marathoner of all time.
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September 25, 2017 September 25, 2017 / News/Elites / 4 minutes of reading
Eliud Kipchoge – amazing runner but not good enough to overcome Mother Nature.
The 2017 Berlin Marathon was run yesterday. The men’s race was billed as an almost certain world record. It had the most dominant runner of recent years, Eliud Kipchoge, who was coming off his 2:00:25 “Breaking 2” effort. It had Kenenisa Bekele, who last year came up just seconds short of the world record. It had former world record holder and serial 2:03 runner Wilson Kipsang. How could this race not produce a world record?
Well, Kipchoge won in 2:03:32. 35 seconds short of the world record. Bekele and Kipsang didn’t finish. Instead, first time marathoner Guye Adola pushed Kipchoge, even taking the lead late in the race, before finishing just 14 seconds back.