Coronavirus pandemic denies world final Kipchoge-Bekele showdown

Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge [left] and Ethiopia's Kenenisa Bekele were scheduled to face-off in the London Marathon on Sunday, April 26 before the coronavirus pandemic outbreak lead to the postponement to October 4, 2020. [COURTESY]

Were it not for the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, the two world’s best marathoners, Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge and Ethiopian Kenenisa Bekele would have gone head-to-head in the 40th annual London Marathon today.

The race, which was originally scheduled for Sunday, April 26 (today), was postponed to Sunday, October 4, 2020, following the rapid spread of Covid-19 cases in the United Kingdom.