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All eyes will be on Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge when the gun goes off in the men’s marathon at 8 a.m. in Paris ( 2 a.m. ET). Kipchoge, 39, is aiming to make history as the only person to win three Olympic marathons. He is widely considered one of the greatest marathoners of all time, having set multiple world records at the distance and winning gold at the Rio and Tokyo Games.
Standing in his way will be worthy competitors like fellow countryman Benson Kipruto and marathon legend Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia.
But Kipchoge and the rest of the field will likely be less focused on each other and more so on battling a diabolical 42 km (26.2-mile) course, which includes a grueling approximately 1,430 feet of elevation gain and descent that will batter the runners’ legs beginning around mile 15.
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Three runners — Connor Mantz, Clayton Young and Leonard Korir — will be representing the U.S. Reaching the podium will be a tall order for the Americans, whose best times are far off the race favorites. American Galen Rupp was the last to medal for the U.S. in the men’s marathon, winning bronze at the 2016 Olympics in Brazil.
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Publish date : 2024-08-09 21:03:00
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