We will prevail over Covid-19, says marathon man Eliud Kipchoge
Kenyan athlete confident that he will be even stronger for the Olympic Games in 2021
Nairobi/London — Eliud Kipchoge, the world’s greatest marathon man, said his first reaction was shocking when he heard at home in Kenya that the 2020 Olympic Games had been postponed because of the coronavirus outbreak.
That shock soon gave way to disappointment — but then defiance. “We will win this fight against the Covid-19,” the barrier-breaking Kenyan, widely considered the world’s finest runner, said in an interview with Reuters.
And the man who in 2019 became the first to run a marathon in under two hours confirmed he can see himself refreshed and ready to defend his marathon title in a rearranged Tokyo Olympics in 2021.
For the moment, though, the 35-year-old insists his concern is to care for his family at their home in Eldoret. “I am totally concentrating on my safety, I am totally concentrating on the safety of the whole family,” he said. “The virus has really hit us in a hard way. That’s why you need to focus.”
Kipchoge explained he had been relaxing at home when he heard of the Tokyo postponement.
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