Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge did something historic in the sports world. yes, he ran a marathon for the first time in less than two hours.
Kipchoge, 34, shot down on Saturday in Vienna the legendary two-hour wall over the distance with a time of 1 hour, 59 minutes and 40 seconds.
On the Vienna Prater circuit and a crowd witness, the athlete became the first human to break the two-hour barrier.
“This shows that no one has limits. It is historic,” said Kipchoge, who will not see his record approved as a world record by the International Federation of Athletics Associations (IAAF), because his Saturday test was with several rare dressings.
One element was a windbreaker vehicle, the turn-taking intervention of 41 runners called “hares”, for scoring a race at speed, and very special hydration.
HISTORY! pic.twitter.com/qjLfofhL5s
— Eliud Kipchoge (@EliudKipchoge) October 12, 2019
In addition, he ran on flat ground, without elevations, in a closed circuit of 9.6 kilometers and a good temperature of an average of 10 degrees Celsius.
Under the supervision of coach Patrick Sang, Eliud Kipchoge claimed that failed on May 5, 2017, when he first tried to break the two-hour wall, by registering 2:00:25, on the Italian circuit of Monza.
Last year, as part of his preparation, he participated in the Berlin Marathon, where he set his recognized world record of two hours, one minute and 39 seconds.
Eliud, who is world champion, title won in Paris 2003, and Olympian at Rio 2016, celebrated with a smile his victorious arrival to the finish line, in addition to his triumphalist ademanes, and then melted into hugs with his coequiperos.
“I am the happiest man. I have tried without fear,” said a euphoric Eliud Kipchoge, who with this work wants to be the inspiration of more athletes, of more runners who feel that there are no limits.
With information from Notimex
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