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Why Kipchoge’s marathon Shoes will not win you a Golf Championship

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Eliud Kipchoge: He did 42 kilometres in under two hours. Those criticising the role his shoes played might as well go back to the days we ran barefoot and have all subsequent records annulled. [File, Standard] 

The green monster has reared its ugly head as naysayers try to pour ice-cold water on Eliud Kipchoge’s epic feat of breaking the two-hour marathon barrier.

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