Eliud Kipchoge This Friday he rounds off his fabulous record with the Princess of Asturias Sports Award, which he will receive from Princess Leonor at the Campoamor Theater in Oviedo. in an event presided over by the Kings of Spain.
The Kenyan, unanimously considered the best marathon runner of all time, arrived in the Asturian capital today and barely has one event planned before attending the ceremony for the eight awards awarded, which will take place starting at 6:30 p.m..
Kipchoge was going to run for 15 minutes with a group of 5th and 6th grade Primary and ESO students and teachers.. Was going to be in the central Campo de San Franciscofrom 10 in the morning, but now he will offer a press conference and then hold a meeting with students, after the weather forecast, which announces rain and strong winds, has forced the symbolic race to be suspended.
The legendary distance runner will be one of the three winners who will give a speech during the award ceremony, along with the American actress Meryl Streep, honored with the Arts Awardand the executive director of the Medicines for Neglected Diseases Initiative, recognized with the International Cooperation, Luis Pizarro.
“The jury has valued the athlete as a benchmark in world athletics and as the best marathon runner of all time. Twice Olympic champion and world record holder in the event. Kipchoge is the only man in history who managed to go under 2 hours in 42,195 kilometers, a mark not officially recognized. In addition to his success as an athlete, he carries out important social work through the Foundation that bears his name and that facilitates access to early childhood education and the environment,” he noted. Teresa Perales, president of the jury when announcing the ruling on May 18.
The Kenyan athlete, 38 years old, is already focused on achieving his third Olympic gold in marathon in Paris 2024, an unprecedented triplet in the history of athletics. Kipchoge has broken the world distance record twice, both times in Berlin, but he recently lost the record to his compatriot. Kelvin Kiptum, that last Oct. 8 in Chicago He became the first man to run an official marathon in less than two hours and one minute.
In the vote, Kipchoge surpassed, among others, Swiss tennis player Roger Federer and American gymnast Simone Biles. National stars also opted for the award Carolina Marn or Marc Mrquez.
Eleventh athletics award
Kipchoge takes the baton from the Olympic Refugee Foundation and the Olympic Refugee Teamcreated by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), awarded in 2022 for the opportunity it provides to athletes in conflict zones and places where human rights are violated develop your sporting and personal activity.
It is the eleventh time that the award, created in 1987, falls on athletics after being recognized with this distinction: Sebastian Coe (1987), Sergui Bubka (1991), Javier Sotomayor (1993), Hassiba Boulmerka (1995), Carl Lewis (1996 ), Spanish marathon team (1997), Hicham El Guerrouj (2004), Yelena Isinbyeva (2009) and Haile Gebrselassie (2011) and the New York Marathon (2014).
2023-10-19 17:03:50
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