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Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge ready to upstage rivals Kipsang and Bekele at the Berlin Marathon

[PHOTO: COURTESY]

Eliud Kipchoge, who stands out as the world’s fastest marathoner, must summon his mind games as he competes at the BMW Berlin Marathon on Sunday next week.

He longs to kill three birds with one stone: break the 2:02.57 world record mark, prove that his 2:00.25 in Italy last April was no fluke, and beat his main challengers in Wilson Kipsang and Ethiopia’s national record holder Kenenisa Bekele.

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