Kipchoge INEOS Challenge: Nandi County full of expectations

An advertising billboard of local mobile network provider displays Kenya's Olympic marathon champion and World record holder Eliud Kipchoge at sunset in Nairobi, Kenya, on October 8, 2019. [Photo by Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP]

With just hours to the INEOS 1:59 challenge, Nandi, the home county of Eliud Kipchoge - the man attempting to break the two-hour barrier in the marathon is full of expectations.

In his native Kapsisiywo village, a big screen has been mounted for locals to watch the show live from Vienna, Austria.