“I want to make the sport an interesting sport whereby all the human beings can run and together we can make this world a beautiful world.” It shows the positivity of sport,” Kipchoge said. “I wanted to run under two hours and show human beings can do a good job and lead a good life. He held a sub-4:34 pace for the distance. The 34-year-old from Kenya, who is unparalleled in the marathon, further cemented his legacy by running 26.2 miles faster than anybody in history, finishing the time trial event in 1:59:40. It will not count as an official world record because standard competition rules for pacing and fluids weren’t followed.Īfter months of planning and narrowly missing the mark in 2017, Eliud Kipchoge ran the fastest 26.2 miles ever in front of thousands of fans in Vienna on Saturday morning-and crossed the seemingly impossible barrier of two hours.

He finished in 1:59:40, holding a sub-4:34 pace for the 26.2 miles.On Saturday morning in Vienna, Austria, Eliud Kipchoge became the first person to break two hours in the marathon as part of the INEOS 1:59 Challenge.

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