LONDON: Kenyan world record holder Eliud Kipchoge says running a marathon in under two hours would be comparable in the annals of human achievement to standing on the moon or scaling Everest for the first time.
"I have no doubts at all," added the 34-year-old, who said he also wanted to make history before next year's Tokyo Olympics. The conference call, on a line that was at times barely audible, was restricted to questions about Kipchoge's preparations.Norwegian brothers Henrik, Filip and Jakob Ingebrigtsen told national broadcaster NRK this week, however, that they had been approached to run as pacesetters.
Jakob, 18, won 1,500 and 5,000 metres gold at last year's European championships while Filip, 26, won 1,500 bronze at the 2017 worlds."Marathon is no longer an individual event, it's a team event," said Kipchoge, who set the world record of 2:01.39 in Berlin last September."The pacemakers are playing a key role in my quest."
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