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Eliud Kipchoge EGH (born 5 November 1984) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in the marathon and formerly specialized in the 5000 metres. Kipchoge is the 2016 and 2020 Olympic marathon champion, and was the world record holder in the marathon from 2018 to 2023, [ 3 ] until that record was broken by Kelvin Kiptum at the 2023 Chicago ...
Logo of the event. The Ineos 1:59 Challenge, held on 12 October 2019, was an attempt by Kenyan athlete Eliud Kipchoge to break the two-hour mark for running the marathon distance, which he achieved in a time of 1:59:40.2.
The championship records for the event are 12:52.79 minutes for men, set by Eliud Kipchoge in 2003, and 14:26.72 minutes for women, set by Hellen Obiri in 2019. [1] The world record has never been broken or equalled at the competition by either men or women, reflecting the lack of pacemaking and athletes' more tactical approach to championship ...
Eliud Kipchoge is set to compete in the city where he won Olympic marathon gold in 2021 (Getty Images) ... The marathon will start at 9.10am local time (12.10am GMT), five minutes after the ...
The 31-year-old Kenyan left the field trailing as he powered home in two hours three minutes and four seconds.
Eliud Kipchoge (KEN) 12:52.79: Saint-Denis, France: 31 August 2003 World Leading Berihu Aregawi (ETH) 12:40.45: Lausanne, Switzerland: 30 June 2023 African Record Joshua Cheptegei (UGA) 12:35.36: Monte Carlo, Monaco: 14 August 2020 Asian Record Albert Rop (BHR) 12:51.96: Monte Carlo, Monaco: 19 July 2013 North, Central American and Caribbean record
Eliud Kipchoge broke the barrier for the two-hour marathon on October 12, 2019 in Vienna, Austria. His time of 1hr 59min 40.2sec was an unofficial record due to the specially prepared conditions ...
The first-place finisher in the race, Eliud Kipchoge, went on to hold the world record in the marathon from 2018 to 2023 and to win two Olympic gold medalists in the marathon. Hicham El Guerrouj , the second-place finisher, set world records in the 1500 metres and mile, while the third-place finisher, Kenenisa Bekele , set world records in the ...