Eliud Kipchoge: athlete became the first person to complete a marathon in less than 2 hours [PHOTOS]

Eliud Kipchoge, the Kenyan prodigy, accomplished a feat and became the first person to break the legendary two-hour barrier in a marathon, this Saturday in Vienna, in an unofficial race designed specifically for this achievement.

Accompanied by an army of pacemakers dressed in black until the last 500 meters, the 34-year-old Olympic champion completed the 42.195 km in 1 hour 59 minutes 40 seconds, nearly two minutes faster than his world record (2 hours 01 minutes 39 seconds) set in officially sanctioned conditions in Berlin last year.

In the Austrian capital, Kipchoge, wearing a white shirt, started the challenge at 8:15 a.m. and completed slightly over four laps of a flat 9.9 km circuit.

Eliud Kipchoge's finish in a marathon in Vienna. (Capture and video: YouTube)

"I feel good, my goal was to make history. (...) I tried it and I am the happiest man to run under two hours to inspire many people, to tell them that no human being has limits," said the athlete on the organizers' microphone after his feat, which he compares to "walking on the Moon" for the first time.

"I was very comfortable from the first kilometers. I have trained for this for four and a half months and I internalized in my heart and in my head that I would run the marathon in under two hours," he added.

"Records are meant to be broken, so someone else will try, but history has been made, it's incredible," congratulated his coach, Patrick Sang.

Source: AFP

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