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ATHLETICS-MARATHON-AUSTRIA-KENYA — Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge (white jersey) celebrates after crossing the finish line at the end of his attempt to bust the mythical two-hour barrier for the marathon on October 12 2019 in Vienna. - Kipchoge holds the men's world record for the distance with a time of 2hr 01min 39sec, which he set in the flat Berlin marathon on September 16, 2018. He tried in May 2017 to break the two-hour barrier, running on the Monza National Autodrome racing circuit in Italy, failing narrowly in 2hr 00min 25sec. (Photo by ALEX HALADA / AFP) (Photo by ALEX HALADA/AFP via Getty Images)

Kipchoge sets his sites on the Hamburg Marathon

April 12, 2021

The world’s greatest ever marathoner, Eliud Kipchoge has his sites set on the Hamburg marathon, the race where he started his marathon career back in 2013. Eliud has since gone on to win 11 of the 13 marathons over the distance.

Despite finishing eighth in his last outing at the London Marathon in October, Eliud Kipchoge is expected to be one of the main favourites to win the Hamburg Marathon according to SportsBettingDime.com.

Eliud training in Kenya. Photo thanks to INEOS

The one-off event, organised jointly by Global Sports Communication, the NN Running Team and the Hamburg Marathon, will be Kipchoge’s last hit out over the classic 26.2-mile distance before the rescheduled Tokyo Olympics.

At the 2018 Berlin marathon Kipchoge set the now official world record mark of 2:01:39. Later in 2019 the Kenyan became the first athlete in history to break two hours for the marathon when he clocked 1:59:41 at the INEOS 1:59 Challenge in Vienna in 2019.