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Kipchoge: The humble home life in rural Kenya behind remarkable athletic success
By Agencies,
1826, April 25, 2020 (EAT)
In the lush green gardens of Eliud Kipchoge's training retreat in the Kenyan highlands, the greatest distance runner of all time is describing the dus...
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Kipchoge’s sub-two shoe ‘legal’ under new rules
By Reuters,
1123, February 7, 2020 (EAT)
Nike said the Alphafly shoe worn by Eliud Kipchoge to break the two-hour marathon barrier would be legal under World Athletics' new rules and that wid...
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Nike launches controversial Kipchoge shoe for retail
By Agencies,
1130, February 6, 2020 (EAT)
Nike has launched a mass market version of its controversial Alphafly prototype shoe that it says complies with new World Athletics rules. On Friday,...
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Nike Vaporfly shoe escapes ban
By Reuters,
1527, February 1, 2020 (EAT)
Nike Vaporfly shoes used to run the world’s first sub-two hour marathon will be banned from professional sport under a landmark decision on Friday t...
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Nike Vaporfly shoes set to escape ban – report
By Agencies,
1318, January 29, 2020 (EAT)
World Athletics will not be imposing a blanket ban on the controversial hi-tech Nike Vaporflys that have transformed athletics when it announces its l...
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Factbox – Nike’s Vaporfly shoes and tumbling records
By Matthews Mutai,
1528, January 24, 2020 (EAT)
World Athletics is set to announce the findings of a review of technology in road and track shoes by the end of January, and it is expected to change ...
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World Athletics to tighten shoe rules after controversy
By Reuters,
1404, January 24, 2020 (EAT)
Athletics’ ruling body will tighten regulations governing shoe technology, two sources familiar with the matter said, after Nike’s popular Vaporfl...
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Why a ban on Vaporfly shoe could boost Nike’s bottom line
By Reuters,
1447, January 17, 2020 (EAT)
A controversy over Nike’s hyper-advanced Vaporfly shoes that some say give runners an unfair advantage could boost sales, especially among amateurs ...
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Bekele to face Eliud Kipchoge in mouthwatering London showdown
By Agencies,
1310, January 17, 2020 (EAT)
Fireworks are expected at this year’s London marathon after organisers added the three-time Olympic gold medallist Kenenisa Bekele to the star-studd...
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Kipchoge defends barrier-busting Nike shoe
By Gilbert Kiprotich,
1629, January 16, 2020 (EAT)
World marathon record holder Eliud Kipchoge has brushed off the critics of the Nike shoe he used to run the INEOS challenge- where he became the first...
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What shoes did Kipchoge wear and why are they controversial?
By Citizen Team,
1359, October 16, 2019 (EAT)
Eliud Kipchoge broke down one of sport’s great barriers on Saturday when he ran the marathon in less than two hours. It was a stunning achievemen...
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#KOT will not allow Eliud Kipchoge slander from anyone
By Ian Omondi,
1928, October 14, 2019 (EAT)
Kenyan athlete Eliud Kipchoge on Saturday wrote his name into history books by becoming the first man to run a marathon in under two hours, but not ev...
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How the obsessions of Ratcliffe and Kipchoge aligned for sub-two hour conquest
By Citizen Reporter,
1312, October 13, 2019 (EAT)
Analysis, Joshua Robinson The original plan was to help a British sailing team challenge for the America’s Cup. Then the plan was also to...
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RIANGA: My apologies; why I underestimated Eliud Kipchoge
By Citizen Team,
1454, October 13, 2019 (EAT)
I did a piece on why Eliud Kipchoge's sub-two hour marathon attempt was an impossible mission and he's made me eat my heart out. Why? The Olympic cham...
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INEOS name venue for Kipchoge record attempt
By Citizen Team,
1306, June 27, 2019 (EAT)
The historic city of Vienna, Austria, will host Eliud Kipchoge’s attempt to break the last great barrier in modern athletics, the sub two-hour marat...
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Kipchoge to make new sub-two hour marathon attempt
By Reuters,
1121, May 6, 2019 (EAT)
Kenyan world record holder Eliud Kipchoge is to make another attempt at breaking two hours for the marathon later this year, probably in Britain, in a...
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Breaking2 eludes Nike and man; all you need to know
By Agencies,
1114, May 6, 2017 (EAT)
Do we go again or do we implode under the weight of our own superficial ambitions? Man has failed to breach athletics' last barrier and an audaciou...
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History beckons for Kipchoge and Breaking2 co-stars
By Reuters,
1243, May 3, 2017 (EAT)
Nike's "Breaking-2" attempt in Italy this weekend might not produce a sub-two hour marathon, but it will probably lead to a world best time, three exe...
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Karoki says bid impossible as Nike’s Breaking2 nears
By Matthews Mutai,
1555, April 26, 2017 (EAT)
Olympic Marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge might be setting himself up to become the first man to break the two-hour barrier but compatriot Bedan Karoki...
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Kipchoge prepares ‘crazy’ sub-2 marathon bid
By AFP,
1704, April 3, 2017 (EAT)
As dawn breaks over the foothills of the Rift Valley, Eliud Kipchoge's feet beat a steady rhythm along ochre trails and his mind is still, undaunted b...
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