Kipchoge Olympic Marathon Gold win for Kenya, Tokyo 2021 in pics

Eluid Kipchoge is arguablly the greatest marathon runner of all time, winnin two Olympic gold in rio 2016 and tokyo 2020 japan held in 2021.

Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Eliud Kipchoge believes the Games brought hope to people around the world | Olympic Games News

Marathon world record holder Eliud Kipchoge says running can bring hope to people around the world as he prepares to defend his Olympic title in Japan
Marathon world record holder Eliud Kipchoge says running can bring hope to people around the world as he prepares to defend his Olympic title in Japan
Eliud Kipchoge is confident of winning two consecutive Olympic marathon titles for Kenya and believes the Tokyo Games have been a symbol of hope for people around the world who have found life difficult during the coronavirus pandemic.
Despite these Olympics unfolding like never before in history with empty stadiums, strict coronavirus protocols and a socially remote athlete village, many of the 11,000 contestants produced many inspiring moments with their performance over the past fifteen weeks.
At just 13 years and 28 days old, skateboarding sensation Sky Brown became Britain’s youngest medalist. Four-time gymnastics champion Simone Biles put her sanity first and battled a spatial awareness issue to win a bronze medal.
New Zealand Laurel Hubbard became the first openly transgender Olympian, while diver Tom Daley wanted his 10m synchronized platform gold medal to inspire the LGBT + community.
Jamaican Elaine Thompson-Herah recorded an astonishing double-double triumph in the 100m and 200m. We have seen world records broken by Norway’s Karsten Warholm and American Sydney McLaughlin (400m hurdles) and the British 4x100m medley swim team.

Kipchoge craves another Olympic gold medal
Kipchoge, the first person to run a marathon in less than two hours in an unofficial race, wants to join the long list of pioneers in these Games as he tries to become the third male marathoner in history to win medals consecutive gold as he lines up in Sapporo on the island of Hokkaido.

Like many East African countries, Kipchoge’s country of Kenya has a small proportion, just 2.35%, of its 53 million people vaccinated against the coronavirus, the disease having claimed the lives of 4,088 citizens since the start of the pandemic.
The three-time Olympic medalist is keen to stress that the very fact that the marathon races are taking place against a backdrop of logistical challenges and enormous suffering around the world is a sign of optimism after a difficult year and a half.


Kipchoge says the Tokyo Olympics gave an indication the world is heading in the right direction in terms of recovery from the coronavirus pandemic
Kipchoge says the Tokyo Olympics gave an indication the world is heading in the right direction in terms of recovery from the coronavirus pandemic
The 36-year-old long-distance runner would join an exclusive club of just two other men – Ethiopian Abebe Bikila (1960 and 1964) and German Waldemar Cierpinski (1976 and 1980) – to defend an Olympic title in the men’s marathon. .
Kipchoge, who will race alongside his compatriots Amos Kipruto and Lawrence Cherono, holds the official world record of 2:01:39 which he set in Berlin three years ago and achieved in 2:04:30 during his last race before the Games.

Kipchoge poses during the Closing Ceremony at Maracana Stadium at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Kenya have won nine medals so far in these Games with their three gold medals in track and field – Emmanuel Korir in the men’s 800m, Faith Kipyegon retaining her 1,500m title and Peres Jepchirchir in the women’s marathon – and Kipchoge is eager to add to that tally in Sapporo.
He said: But the Kenyan doesn’t feel fazed by the forecast as he aims to build on his title from five years ago and his silver and bronze medals in the 5000m at the Beijing 2008 and Athens 2004 Games. .
World champion Lelisa Desisa and Ethiopian Shura Kitata, as well as her compatriot Cherono, are her biggest challengers.
Callum Hawkins, in search of his fourth world top 10, leads the British squad with Chris Thompson and Ben Connor.
The documentary The last milestone, recounting his journey to complete a marathon under two hours in Vienna, Austria, as part of the Ineos 1:59 challenge two years ago, was released in June.
Kipchoge believes the Olympics can be an inspiration to people around the world
He was already a junior world record holder when he made his Olympic debut in 2004 and was third in the 5,000m at just 19 years old.
Eleven top spots at the Commonwealth Games, Olympic and world competitions during his career solidified Kipchoge’s status as a man to beat in the long distance race.
I was running 5,000m then and now I am running a marathon in Sapporo. “
When asked if the Sapporo race will be his last, Kipchoge said he is only focused on winning gold for now.