the marathoner Eliud Kipchoge was awarded by Princess of Asturias Award for Sports 2023, awarded by the Princess of Asturias Foundation and in which twenty-four candidates from eleven different nationalities decided to participate. Kipchoge, at the age of 38, is considered one of the great international sports stars of recent years and the best marathon runner in history.
The Kenyan won the award recognizing him as the absolute king of the marathon. This was recognized by the jury, made up of top athletes and journalists and of which the deputy director of Mundo Deportivo Cristina Cubero is a part.
The jury, headed by Teresa Perales, cataloged Kipchoge as “a reference in world athletics” and “the best marathon runner of all time”. He highlighted that mark of under two hours at 42.195 kilometers and emphasized that his prize also has an important social component. “through the foundation that bears his namewhich is dedicated to facilitating access to early childhood education and environmental protection”.
Kipchoge broke the world record in September with a time of 2:01.09, after surpassing the 2:01.39 he himself had from 2018. He has barely come close to the distance in recent years, despite the fact that he was sixth in Boston a month ago. He owns four of the seven best times in history and is the only runner to dip below 2:02 on two occasions.
kipchoge He was crowned Olympic marathon champion at both Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020, years after excelling in a 5000 where he also excelled on the track. He became world champion at that distance in 2003, world silver in 2007, Olympic silver in 2008 and Olympic bronze in 2004. He also has a world bronze in indoor track at 3000 meters, achieved in 2006.
Although Kipchoge has become, above all, a benchmark for improvement in the sport, always ready to do explore the limits of human long distance. As an example, in 2019 he covered 42,195 kilometers in 1:59:40 in Vienna, in a marathon that was not approved because it ran with hares, references and a route and ideal conditions to find the demolition of magic barrier of two. time.
So Kipchoge made it to the list of winners Refugee Olympic Team. becomes the African room to receive the award, after other fins Hassiba Boulmerka (1995), Hicham El Guerrouj (2004) and Haile Gebrselassie (2011).
The prize for Kipchoge increased by long relationship between athletics and the Princess of Asturias Awards. In addition to these three precedents, Sebastian Coe (1987), Sergey Bubka (1991), Javier Sotomayor (1993), Carl Lewis (1996), the Spanish marathon team (1997), Yelena Isinbayeva (2009) and the New York Marathon (2014). The marathon, therefore, is one of the most popular modalities.
Source: La Verdad
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