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Kipchoge to anchor a relatively young squad

A handout picture released by the the London Marathon on September 29, 2020 shows Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge (L) training [PHOTO COURTESY]

World marathon record holder Eliud Kipchoge is no doubt the oldest athlete in the track and field team heading to Tokyo Games next month.

Kipchoge, the only man in the world to have run a marathon in under two hours at the Ineos 1:159 Challenge in Vienna, Austria, in 2019 as well as the reigning Olympic champion leads Kenyan onslaught in the Japanese capital. This will be his fourth appearance at the Olympics.

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