Paris: The ultimate challenge for marathon legend Kipchoge
At 39, he says he is hoping to make history on August 11 by becoming the "first human being" to win the Olympic marathon three times in succession, overtaking Ethiopia's Abebe Bikila (1960, 1964) and Waldemar Cierpinski of Germany (1976, 1980).
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Eliud Kipchoge. AFP PHOTO
By NewVision Reporter
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When he started out running in the early 2000s, a young Eliud Kipchoge simply wanted to get on a plane and go to Europe.
Two decades later, the Kenyan marathon legend