A marathon legend, Eliud Kipchoge, Princess of Asturias Sports Award

The jury seems to have made it easy this year by unanimously accepting it. In their evaluations, they stated that the winner was “.reference athletics World“ indicated as “and greatest marathon runner of all time“Those attributes include being a two-time Olympic champion and holding the world record for testing, as well as the fact of being the only person in history to have managed to go under two hours at 42,195 kilometers.

“In addition to these achievements, a important social work through the eponymous foundation‘, who is committed to facilitating access to early childhood education and protecting the environment, adds to the jury of the 2023 “Princess” Award.

jury of this year

This year’s jury consists of swimmers Teresa Perales Fernández (president), Theresa Zabell Lucas (secretary), Abel Antón Rodrigo, Teresa Bernadas Porto, Gemma Castaño Vinyals, Cristina Cubero Alcalde, Joaquín Folch-Rusiñol Corachán, Juan Ignacio Gallardo. , Patricia García Rodríguez, Vicente Jiménez Navas, Feliciano López Díaz-Guerra, Lluís Mascaró Serra, Guadalupe Porras Ayuso, Julián Redondo Pérez and Samuel Sánchez González.

Eliud Kipchoge was born in Nandi, Kenya. He has been competing in senior competitions since 2002.and initially specialized in the 5,000m race, he also won bronze at the 2004 Athens Olympics and silver at Beijing 2008.

Married and father of three children, Kipchoge is 39 years old and has a shining record like few others.. He has won nearly every marathon he has entered, including the Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, and the eight Marathon Majors in London, Chicago, and Berlin.

records

The marathon world record was achieved with a lightning speed of 2:01:39 at the 2018 Berlin marathon, beating the previous record by one minute and 18 seconds.

The showdown with the struggle to lose two hours in the great long-distance race was discussed in some sporting circles, but it was still a brutal success. He ran a little over 42 kilometers in a time of 1:59:40 on a special route in Vienna.. It is not an approved brand as the event involves a lot of fun and does not follow strict standard competition rules and is not an ‘open’ race. For example, a car and a team of elite runners set the pace throughout the race, leaving that image of Kipchoge’s emotions as he made his way to the finish line of history.

became one challenge with shades of the modern show, however, Kipchoge took the opportunity to highlight that among his motivations for the recording was “to encourage many people to believe that no human being has limits.” Many times he wanted the world to start running because “running is freedom. Running makes the world better.”