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Lagat - INEOS pacesetting task immense

Bernard Lagat of the United States of America celebrates winning the Men's 5,000m Final on day nine of the 11th IAAF World Athletics Championships on September 2, 2007 at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan. (Photo by Ian Walton/Getty Images)

Guiding World record holder Eliud Kipchoge to a sub-two-hour mark in Vienna, Austria, will be an immense challenge, pacesetters in the INEOS 1:59 challenge have said.

In the latest update by Ineos, Kenyan-born US track and marathon star Bernard Lagat and Australia’s Bretton Robinson spoke of an adrenaline challenge of helping the planets fastest and greatest marathon runner break the two-hour barrier and inspire the world.

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