Eliud Kipchogedouble Olympic champion, and Peres Jepchirchircurrent Olympic champion, They lead the powerful Kenyan team of six athletes for the Paris Games marathonas announced this Wednesday by the Kenya Athletics Federation.
Kipchoge, 39 years old and with a marathon best time of 2h01:09 in Berlin in 2022, is the only athlete in the world to run the distance in under two hours (1h59:40), although that mark, held in Vienna on October 12, 2019, it is not officially certified because it is on a closed circuit, there are no rivals and there are hares shooting in the air.
The other two athletes who will run in the Olympic marathon in Paris are Benson Kiprutowinner in Boston (2021) and Chicago (2022) and with a time of 2h02:16 achieved on March 3 in Tokyo, and Alex Mutisowinner of the last London marathon with 2h04:01, a mark better than his personal record, 2h03:11, at Valencia 2023.
The replacement is Timothy Kiplagatwinner of the last Tokyo marathon with 2h02:55.
In the women’s category, one of the favorites for gold is Kenyan Peres Jepchirchir, 30 years old.Olympic champion at Tokyo 2020 and broke the women-only marathon world record in London on April 21 in 2h16:16, cutting one minute off the time achieved in Valencia in 2020 (2h17:16).
Hellen Obiri, 34, is a double 5,000m world champion at London 2017 and Doha 2019. In the marathon she won in 2023 in Boston and New York and her best official mark over the distance is 2h25:49, although he credits, void , a time of 2h21:38 in Boston.
The third member of the women’s team is Brigid Kosgei, winner of five majors: two in Chicago, two in London and one in Tokyo. Her best time (2h14:09) at Chicago 2019 is the current world record in the women’s category.
Sharon Lokedi, winner of the 2022 New York Marathon with 2:23:23, is the replacement.
Source: La Verdad
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