Kenya: Kudos to Marathon Hero

editorial

With the eyes of the world on a racing track in northern Italy, Kenya's Olympic marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge rewrote the history books.

Mr Kipchoge was aiming to be the first man to run the full marathon in under two hours. He came agonisingly close, missing the target by only 25 seconds.

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