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Eliud Kipchoge, the undisputed marathon goat, will return to the streets of London in April where he hopes to build a friendship with the beginner of the British marathon Alex Yee, who is also the champion of the Olympic triathlon.
In what is a major coup for the organizers of the London marathon, an elite domain which already included all the Olympic and Paralympic champions, as well as the best British distance runners in Emile Caress and Eilish McColgan, has its frosting on the cake.
Kipchoge, who is now 40 years old, is a double Olympic champion, the winner of an unprecedented “Marathon Marathon” and, perhaps the most famous, has become the first person to travel the distance of 26.2 miles less two hours in 2019.
Yee, who will make a daring attempt to go from triathlon to join his first field of elite marathon, is a big fan of kipchoge and the respect according to the dramatic of the British Olympic triathlon in Paris is clearly mutual.
When he was told this week that Yee wanted to meet him, Kipchoge said: “I would love to know more. I would like to meet him before the race and share the life we live … share a meal, have a coffee, tell him what I think to run and why the race will really help the whole world.
“The discussion will concern humanity, on the love of sport that works. How are we going to sell the sport of the race? I think it will be a pure discussion.
In addition to being a prolific champion, who also won a world title on the track at more than 5,000 meters in 2003, Kipchoge is a great defender of the community race and says that his motivation is now based on inspiration that He can provide.
“This is what helps me to wake up every morning, to go out and to run-it’s purely the love of sport,” he said. Asked when he retired, Kipchoge said: “When the world becomes a race world – when you have four billion people running every day.”
Kipchoge, who was forced to leave the Olympic marath in Paris shortly after 13 miles with a back injury, has not run since but believes that he can still compete in what would be a fifth victory in the London marathon.
“The race is not straight all the time-sometimes you can hit a bump,” he said. “My recovery went well. I train in the right way and I can compete with the youngest.
“In Africa, we say that we are pursuing a rabbit at a time. This rabbit in front of me is London. This is purely what my whole mind, my heart, my energy is on. After that, I will make a new announcement.
The new champion of the Olympic marathon is Tamirat Tola, who will also run in London where Cress British, who finished fourth in Paris and third last year in London, could finish what is now a 32 years for a British winner.
There is also an appetizing female field which includes Sifan Hassan – the champion of the Olympic marathon and also double -track medalist in Paris – and Ruth Chepngetich, who became last year the first woman to run a marathon of less than 2 hours . McColgan, who is the Commonwealth 10,000m champion, will also make her long -awaited marathon debut in a race and her mother, Liz, won in 1996.
