Evergreen Kipchoge aiming for third Olympic Marathon gold medal in Paris 2024

Marathon record holder Eliud Kipchoge is not yet done with nourishing his profile as he has confirmed plans to defend his Olympic title in the 2024 Games set for Paris, France.

Kipchoge became the third man to win the third man to win back-to-back men's Olympic title after Ethiopia's Abebe Bikila (1960,1964) and Germany's Waldemar Cierpinski (1976,1980) when he stormed to victory in the streets of Sapporo in the 2020 edition held in Tokyo, Japan last year.

Regarded as the greatest marathoner of all time, Kipchoge confirmed that he wants to be the first man to win three Olympic gold medals in succession when he lines up in the 2024 edition.

Kipchoge who has four Olympic medals overall, clinched gold in the 2016 edition held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and successfully defended the crown last year in Tokyo.

The 36-year old who is never shy of revealing his ambitions and encouraging others to get out of their comfort zones has in the past year raised the bar high in as far as marathon running is concerned.

He broke the world record initially held by compatriot Dennis Kimetto in September 2018 when he clocked 2:01:39 in 45th edition of the Berlin Marathon and has been on record saying that he has the mettle to lower the time further.

Kipchoge captured the attention of the world when he achieved his dream of covering the 26.2 miles in under two hours when he times 1:59:40 in the Ineos 159 challenge held in Vienna, Austria in October 2019.

He boasts of wining the London Marathon four times among other major world marathons.