Eliud Kipchoge mentions 3 reasons why the Kelvin Kiptum record of the marathon can be broken

• Eliud Kipchoge believes that Kelvin Kiptum’s World Marathon record will not last long
• Kiptum spent 2:00:35 at the 2023 Chicago Marathon race before a car accident killed him in February 2024
• Kipchoge will take part in the London Marathon on Sunday, wanting to win for the fifth time

The late Kelvin Kiptum set a world record for the men’s marathon in October 2023, and has stopped since then. Eliud Kipchoge He believes it will not last long as he prepares to take part in the London Marathon.

How did Kelvin Kiptum break the world record of the marathon?

Kelvin Kiptum He had a short profession in athletics. He participated in the three marathons in his profession before a sad story to take his life on February 11, 2024.

He started for the first time in the Valencia Marathon in 2022 and won by 2:01:53, the first fastest race in history, according to World Athletes. It is the seventh marathon faster.

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He then participated in the 2023 London Marathon and set a record of 2:01:25, the third fastest marathon in history.

He then produced a unique performance in the 2023 Chicago Marathon and set a world record of 2:00:35, taking 34 seconds from the Kipchoge world record from 2022. He was the first man to run a marathon under 2:01.

Sadly, he died a week after worldly athletes approved his world record. Kiptum and his coach, Gervais Hakizimana, died sadly in a road accident.

Can Kelvin Kiptum record be broken?

Nobody has approached the Kiptum world record since then. The fastest marathon race since its record was placed in December 2023 at the Valencia Marathon and Sisay Lemma.

The Ethiopian spent 2:01:48 to win the race. Sebastian Sawe also spent 2:02:05 at Valencia last year.

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Kipchoge broke the world record in 2018 and 2022, but has struggled since then; His last marathon victory came to Berlin in 2023. He believes the Kiptum record can be broken.

‘I think it will happen soon,’ He says. “I have shown them the way and I expect a lot of people to pass less than two hours,” He told the Daily Mail.

“First you need a healthy body. When you are good enough then all the other things can come – technology from nutrition and shoes – but what is important is exercise and being right.”

“I don’t believe in bounds. That’s why I don’t want to say it may be this or this way, but the world record is clear. Anyone can break it.”

Eight of the 10 best men in marathon history are from Kenya. Kenyan woman, Ruth Chepngetich, holds the world record for women in the marathon.

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