Kipchoge in history, wins the second marathon

Prediction respected: Eliud Kipchoge won the Tokyo 2020 Olympics marathon, repeating the success of Rio 2016. In the Five Circles story only two other men had managed to win two marathons: the legendary Ethiopian Abebe Bikila (Rome 1960 and Tokyo 1964) and Waldemar Cierpinski of East Germany (Montreal 1976 and Moscow 1980). And since Munich 1972 it has not happened that the winner of the 42.195 km long race had reached the finish line with such a conspicuous advantage: Kipchoge won in 2h8'38 ", silver medal won in the sprint by Dutch Abdi Nageeye, at 1'20" , bronze to the Belgian Bashir Abdi, at 1'22 ". The race that, as usual, closes the Olympic athletic program took place in Sapporo, a town 800 kilometers from Tokyo,chosen by the organizers to prevent athletes from running in very high temperatures. But while today it rains in Tokyo and the temperature, around 25 degrees, is lower than in recent days, in Sapporo, with a lot of public on the streets, it was 28 degrees and a humidity percentage close to 75 percent. Conditions that caused the Brazilian Danielzinho to fall ill and certainly also influenced Kipchoge's final time. The Kenyan was the first man in the world to break down the two-hour wall in the marathon, but his extraordinary record of 1h59''49, recorded in Vienna in October 2019, was not homologated due to the non-homologated super shoes and of the forty 'hares' who ran in an aerodynamic way to allow him to save energy. However, it is Kipchoge's world record,2h'01'39 '', established in Berlin in 2018. After a very slow start to the race, Kipchoge, 36, broke away from the leading group shortly after 30 kilometers and was then unreachable for everyone else, dispelling all the doubts that had been raised after eighth place at the recent London Marathon. Without any chance of medals, and this too has respected the prediction, the blues Eyob Ghebrehiwet Faniel and Yassine El Fathaoui respectively arrived twentieth, in 2h15'11 ", and 40th, in 2h19'44". Instead, Yassine Rachik retired. Growing up in Kapsisiwo, Kenya, Kipchoge said that as a child she ran four times a day, for about five to six kilometers, to get to elementary school and then return home. After finishing school in 1999, for a whilecollected milk from local villagers to sell it Kapsabet, about 15 kilometers from home. With the first money he earned, he bought his first pair of running shoes. "I run to live longer and enjoy a healthier life. A run in the morning is like eating one fruit a day - kick the doctor away," he said several times. "People ask me why I run. I answer that it is for life and to inspire new generations to love sports and live a happy life. I can't imagine a life without running".chase the doctor away, "he said several times." People ask me why I run I answer that it is for life and to inspire new generations to love sports and live a happy life. I can't imagine a life without running. "chase the doctor away, "he said several times." People ask me why I run I answer that it is for life and to inspire new generations to love sports and live a happy life. I can't imagine a life without running. "