Eliud Kipchoge for successfully defended his marathon gold medal in Sapporo, and helping Kenya emerge as the best-ranked African country at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
“The Olympic dream is a special dream. For every athlete here it has taken a lifetime of preparation to get to this point. Today I lived my Olympic dream. I always say that sport is like life, whereby you can win and lose. But today was a day where I won and get to say I successfully defended my Olympic title,” Kipchoge said.
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“I want to share thanks to the people of Japan and the Olympic organization for an incredible job in making these Olympics happen. Thank you to the fans around the world for all your love not just this year but throughout my entire career, you make me speechless and humbled. Thank you to my teammates, coaches, partners, management, friends and family. This gold is for us all. A running world is a happy world,” Kipchoge said.
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