KAPTAGAT, Kenya: When he started out running in the early 2000s, a young Eliud Kipchoge simply wanted to get on a plane and go to Europe.
Two decades later, the Kenyan marathon legend is heading to Paris for what could be his final challenge at the 2024 Olympics.
At 39, he says he is hoping to make history on Aug. 11 by becoming the “first human being” to win the Olympic marathon three times in succession, overtaking Ethiopia’s Abebe Bikila (1960, 1964) and Waldemar Cierpinski of Germany (1976, 1980).