TOKYO (AFP) -- Double Olympic marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge on Friday, March 1, paid tribute to Kelvin Kiptum after the world record-holder died last month when his car crashed into a tree. Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge speaks during a press conference for the upcoming Tokyo Marathon 2024 in Tokyo on...
NAIROBI (AFP) -- Two-time Olympic marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge and world record holder Kelvin Kiptum were on Monday, Dec. 4, named in Kenya's provisional marathon team for next year's Olympics Games in Paris. Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge (AFP) An equally stacked women's squad sees the inclusion of...
PARIS (AFP) -- Kenyan double Olympic gold marathon winner Eliud Kipchoge said on Friday, Oct. 20, that he wants to "make history" by winning his third gold medal in the discipline at Paris 2024. Kenyan double Olympic gold marathon winner Eliud Kipchoge (AFP) "I'll be the happiest person on...
NAIROBI (AFP) -- Kenya's freshly-minted marathon world record holder Kelvin Kiptum says he has "no plan" to try and run under the mythic two-hour mark. Kenya's Kelvin Kiptum (AFP) Kiptum was speaking in Nairobi on Tuesday, Oct. 10, back home 48 hours after slicing 34 seconds off the previous best...
BERLIN (AFP) -- Ethiopian Tigist Assefa smashed the women's marathon world record by more than two minutes in Berlin on Sunday, Sept. 24, as Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge won the men's race for a record fifth time. Winner of the women's race Ethiopia's Tigist Assefa (left) and winner of the men's race...
Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge crosses the finish line to win the men's category in the Tokyo Marathon 2021 in Tokyo on March 6, 2022. (AFP) Kenya's double Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge won the Tokyo marathon on Sunday, but an attempt to break his own world record fell short as he crossed the line in 2hr...
