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Eliud Kipchoge ready to defend his title in Paris 2024

October 4, 2020 Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge during the elite men's race Pool via REUTERS

Two-time Olympic champion marathon holder Eliud Kipchoge will aim to win his marathon gold in Paris 2024.

Kipchoge became the third man to win back-to-back men's Olympic title after Ethiopia's Abebe Bikila (1960,1964) and Germany's Waldemar Cierpinski (1976,1980) when he stormed to victory in the streets of Sapporo in the 2020 edition held in Tokyo, Japan last year.

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