adminNAIROBI. — The Olympics don’t come around every year and London marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge will be on a mission to inscribe his mark on the Rio Games and win gold when he competes in the 42km event.Kipchoge, who will be making his third show at the Olympics, hopes he will have enough strength and tactic to defeat his opponents, led by his teammate and defending champion Stephen Kiprotich of Uganda. “I have had my frustrations especially four years ago when I missed out to make the Kenya team to London. I won bronze in Athens and silver in Beijing on the track, but I have since moved up to the marathon and hopefully, will have to reclaim the gold my friend The Late Samuel Wanjiru won eight years ago in Beijing from the Ugandans,” said Kipchoge on Wednesday in Eldoret.
The athletics programme starts in Rio today, but the Kenya marathon team will not be departing Nairobi until Sunday. The men’ s marathon will not be on the programme until August 21, the last day of competition. — Xinhua.
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