BOSTON (WBZ NewsRadio) — Marathon world record holder and double Olympic marathon gold medalist Eliud Kipchoge will run in the Boston Marathon next year, the Boston Athletic Association announced Thursday.
The 38-year-old Kenyan will make his Boston Marathon debut in its 127th outing on Monday, April 17, 2023, along with fellow first-time entrant and reigning World Athletics Marathon champion Gotytom Gebreslase. Defending Boston Marathon winner Evans Chebet and other previous marathon winners will also be taking part in the race.
"The B.A.A. is bringing the world’s best to Boston to compete on the renowned 26.2 miles from Hopkinton to Boston," said Mary Kate Shea, B.A.A. Director of Professional Athletes & Technical Support.
Kipchoge’s last marathon resulted in a new world record when he timed 2:01:09 for the win at September’s Berlin Marathon. His personal best is 1:59:40, run at the INEOS 1:59 Challenge exhibition event in 2019 where he became the first man ever to cover 26.2 miles in under two hours.
Kipchoge has won the London and Berlin marathons four times each and the Tokyo and Chicago marathons once each. He also won gold at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo that took place in 2021.
His goal is to run the Boston and New York marathons before the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, where he will attempt to win a third gold medal.
"I am happy to announce in April I will compete in the Boston Marathon, a new chapter in my Abbott World Marathon Majors journey," said Kipchoge. "Good luck to all the runners running Boston in 2023."
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