Eliud kipchoge
Kitata will ignore injury to defend London Marathon title
Shura Kitata has arrived in London bothered by the hamstring problem, but believes he can fight through the pain to win the race.
Both runners admitted the race would have a different feel without tens of thousands of fans lining the route.
The long-awaited head-to-head between Eliud Kipchoge, the first man to break the two-hour mark, and Ethiopian great Kenenisa Bekele will headline the men's race on 4 October.
The Springboks were among the many sports stars walking the red carpet at the Laureus Sports Awards in Berlin on Monday night. The rugby world champions beat out Liverpool and the US Women's National Football team for the Laureus Sports Team of the Year award.
EWN caught up with Kenyan long distance runner Eliud Kipchoge on the red carpet of the Laureus World Sports Awards 2020 in Berlin, Germany.
A World Athletics spokesperson said that a committee composed of officials, athletes, doctors, scientists and legal experts, was still looking at the shoes but is expected to make recommendations by the end of January.
The marathon world records for men and women since 1983.
Throngs of fans lined up around the finish line eager to see if the 34-year-old can cross it at 1hr 59min, for a historical first.
Throngs of fans lined up around the finish line eager to see if the 34-year-old can cross it at 1hr 59min, for a historical first.
As Kenyan Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge attempts the previously unthinkable feat of breaking the two-hour barrier Saturday, AFP looks back at other marathon milestones.
The 2016 Olympic marathon gold medallist, speaking to reporters from his home training camp in Kaptagat on Wednesday, was sure he too could enter uncharted territory in Vienna on 12 October.
Kipchoge is to make another attempt at breaking two hours for the marathon later this year, probably in Britain, in a project backed by Jim Ratcliffe, the billionaire owner of chemical firm INEOS.
Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge holds the current IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federations) men's record - 2:01.39 - set in September last year at Berlin.
The 31-year-old Serbian won the award for a fourth time beating the likes of France’s World Cup winner Kylian Mbappe and NBA superstar LeBron James.
Eliud Kipchoge’s record time in Berlin has ignited talk in the athletics world of whether the Kenyan, or perhaps someone else, can dip under two hours sooner rather than later.
Both are first-time winners of the award.
The 33-year-old, widely seen as the greatest marathon runner of the modern era, ran an official time of time of two hours, one minute and 39 seconds.
The 33-year-old, widely seen as the greatest marathon runner of the modern era, has won almost every major marathon on the calendar.
Kipchoge raced out of the start, with the leading group registering a blistering opening mile of four minutes 22 seconds, but could not maintain that pace due to rising temperatures.