What Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge has achieved: Not an official record, but a triumph of human endurance | Explained News, The Indian Express

What Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge has achieved: Not an official record, but a triumph of human endurance | Explained News, The Indian Express

Written by Nihal Koshie |Edited by Explained Desk |New Delhi |Updated: October 12, 2019 7:54:30 pm

What Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge has achieved: Not an official record, but a triumph of human endurance

Kipchoge had tried and failed to break the hallowed two-hour barrier two years ago at the famous Monza motor racing track but the serene park in Vienna provided him the perfect setting to become the first man to go so fast over such a long distance.

Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge, the marathon world record holder, crosses the finish line during his attempt to run a marathon in under two hours in Vienna, Austria, October 12, 2019. (Reuters)

At a picturesque tree-lined park known as the ‘green lung’ of Vienna, Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge on Saturday pushed the limits of human endurance and mental fortitude to achieve what was thought impossible till a few years ago:a human being completing the marathon, a distance of 42.195 kilometres, in less than two hours.