Joshua Cheptegei is yet to run his first marathon but two-time Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge believes the Ugandan could become the world’s fastest man over 26.2 miles.
Cheptegei won 5,000m gold at the Tokyo 2020 Games and holds the world record for both that distance and the 10,000m.
His Kenyan inspiration, Kipchoge, is now backing Cheptegei before the 27-year-old’s marathon debut in Valencia today.
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He previously held the world records for the 5km and 10km road races and trained with Kipchoge, who broke the marathon record twice, in 2015 in Kaptagat.
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