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Eliud Kipchoge in his farm. Photo from his FaceBook Page |
Eliud Kipchoge is already named in the Kenyan Olympic Marathon to represent the country at the Tokyo Olympics later this year. Besides, he is the defending champion of the Olympic men’s marathon. He has absolutely nothing to prove to anyone by participating in the Hamburg marathon. He had the option to skip the Hamburg marathon and just wait for the Olympic marathon race, but he chose to compete and risk being beaten.
Hamburg
is where Kipchoge started his marathon career in 2013 and it is such a great
coincidence that after his dismal performance at his last race in London, he
has chosen to come back again to Hamburg to “start all over again.”
However,
unlike when he trained alone ahead of the 2020 London Marathon, this time
around, the camps have been opened and he has been lucky to have the same
company in training which he had before going for the world record in Berlin.
Kipchoge’s 10-race win streak ended at his last
outing, the London Marathon on Oct. 4th last year after he placed
eighth, but despite that, he is predicted to be one on the main favorites to
win in Hamburg this upcoming April, according to the guys at SportsBettingDime.com
If
he comes back and wins the Hamburg Marathon on the 11th of April, fans will
easily forget all about his London's 8th place finish. However, it won’t come
so easily for him given that the race seems to be the only one offering an
opportunity for elite runners to set seasonal best times and meet qualifying
times for the Olympics and to sign contracts. There could be many elite runners
interested in running.
The
NN team, in partnership with the Hamburg Marathon has organized this fast course
marathon in order to offer runners an opportunity to run Olympic qualifying
standards at a time like this when there are no marathons to run.
Why
Kipchoge will run this marathon yet he already has the Olympic Marathon waiting
for him, and a status to maintain as the world’s greatest marathon runner ever
is probably because he believes in himself.
After
all, he was able to run under two hours for the marathon when almost everyone
else in the world, including scientists, believed that no human would possibly run
under that time.
Kipchoge
already proved that “no human is limited” in Vienna, he’ll be simply reminding
us the same in Hamburg.
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