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Wanyama sends powerful message to Kipchoge as he bids to run 42km race in under two hours

2018 London Marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge visits Wanyama at Tottenham’s training ground in London

Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Victor Wanyama has wished World marathon record holder Eliud Kipchoge good luck through a Facebook post as he prepares for Ineos 1:59 Challenge in Vienna, Austria, on October 12.

The World marathon record holder, who was flown out of the country on Monday, October 7 in a chartered plane to Austria, will attempt to break the two-hour marathon barrier to beat his record set at last year’s Berlin Marathon.

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