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Eliud Kipchoge

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Athlete

The Resume

    (November 9, 1984- )
    Born in Kapsisiywa, Kenya
    Long-distance runner
    Won 14 of his first 16 marathons (2013-22)
    Won bronze (2004) and silver (2008) Olympic medals in 5,000 meters
    Won two Olympic gold medals in the marathon (2016, 2021)
    Set the marathon world record at the Boston Marathon with a time of 2 hours 1 minute 9 seconds (September 25, 2022)

Why he might be annoying:

    He spends ten months of the year away from his family while training and competing.
    He missed the 2012 Olympics after finishing 7th in the trials for both the 5,000-meter and 10,000-meter races.
    He ran the first sub-two hour marathon (October 12, 2020), but it is not recognized by athletic organizations because it was set under non-standard conditions, such as having a rotating team of runners ahead of him in a formation designed to minimize wind resistance.

Why he might not be annoying:

    Growing up, he ran three kilometers (two miles) to school daily.
    The first time he competed in a marathon (the 2013 Hamburg Marathon), he set a course record.
    During the 2015 Boston Marathon, a malfunction caused the insoles to flop out of his shoes before the race was halfway over. He still won, despite bloodied and blistered feet.
    After his 2022 Boston Marathon victory, he held four of the five fastest times recorded for marathons.
    Performance coach and trainer Steve Magness called him ‘the greatest of all time in ANY sport. His domination in a major sport in the modern era is unprecedented.’

Credit: C. Fishel


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