Eliud Kipchoge
Kenyan long-distance runner (born 1984)
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Eliud Kipchoge is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in the marathon and formerly specialized in the 5000 metres. Regarded as one of the greatest marathon runners of all time, he is the 2016 and 2020 Olympic marathon champion, and was the world record holder in the marathon from 2018 to 2023, with a time of 2:01:09 set at the 2022 Berlin Marathon, until that record was broken by Kelvin Kiptum at the 2023 Chicago Marathon with a time of 2:00:35. He has run four of the 10 fastest marathons in history.
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Bekele & Kipchoge - will Paris 2024 be final showdown?Kenenisa Bekele will face fellow all-time great Eliud Kipchoge at the Olympics, 21 years on from their first meeting in a final.BBC Sport - Published | |
'I don't trust anyone' - How trolling over Kiptum death hurt KipchogeEliud Kipchoge says his family received threats on social media after the death of fellow marathon runner Kelvin Kiptum.BBC Sport - Published | |
Kipchoge 'expects' to win third Olympic marathonKenya's Eliud Kipchoge has "huge expectation" to win a historic third successive Olympic marathon gold medal in Paris this year.BBC Sport - Published | |
Kipchoge tips Cheptegei to break marathon recordKenyan legend Eliud Kipchoge says Olympic 5,000m champion Joshua Cheptegei can break the marathon world record one day.BBC Sport - Published | |
Kiptum shatters world marathon record in ChicagoKenyan Kelvin Kiptum shatters the men's marathon world record in Chicago as he beats compatriot Eliud Kipchoge's previous mark by more than 30 seconds.BBC Sport - Published | |
Can Kiptum really be ‘Kipchoge 2.0’?![]() BBC Sport - Published | |
Kiptum smashes record to win London Marathon![]() BBC Sport - Published | |
Kenya's Chebet retains Boston Marathon title![]() BBC Sport - Published | |
Men's World Athlete of the Year finalists revealedNoah Lyles, Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Mondo Duplantis, Soufiane El Bakkali and Eliud Kipchoge are named as finalists for Men's World Athlete of the Year 2022.BBC Sport - Published | |
Marathon sensation Kipchoge smashes his own world record![]() Sky News - Published | |
Eliud Kipchoge breaks his own marathon world record in BerlinDouble Olympic marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge breaks his own record for the men's marathon at Sunday's race in Berlin.BBC Sport - Published | |
Tokyo Olympics: Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge wins the men's marathon retaining his Olympic titleWatch the final moments of the men's marathon as Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge wins gold at Tokyo 2020 and retains his Olympic title.BBC Sport - Published | |
Tokyo Olympics: Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge successfully defends Olympic marathon titleKenya's Eliud Kipchoge claims victory in the men's marathon at Tokyo 2020 to become the first athlete since 1980 to retain an Olympic marathon title.BBC Sport - Published |