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Tuesday 7 May 2019

XANDER

THE GREAT

Marathon world record holder
Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge poses
for photographers next to an
image of British athlete Roger
Bannister, who in 1954 ran to
become the first person ever
to break the four minute mile
barrier, at the Iffley Road
Track, in Oxford, England,
Tuesday, April 30, 2019.
Associated Press
Kipchoge

targets

London for

attempt at

sub 2-hour

marathon

By ROB HARRIS
AP Sports Writer
OXFORD, England (AP) —
Eliud Kipchoge has funding
from Britain's richest man
for a bid to break the two-
hour marathon barrier later
this year.
The fastest marathon run-
ner of all time announced
plans for the record at-
tempt during a visit to
the track in Oxford where
Roger Bannister ran the
first sub-four-minute mile 65
years ago on Monday.
"I want to unlock that
thought that there are limi-
tations in the human be-
ing," Kipchoge told The As- Bogaerts hits slam in 7-run 8th,
sociated Press at the Iffley
Road track. "There are no
barriers when you believe Red Sox beat White Sox 9-2
in yourself and try and trust
in what you are doing." Boston Red Sox's Xander Bogaerts, of Aruba, gestures after his grand slam against the Chicago White Sox during the eighth inning
of a baseball game in Chicago, Sunday, May 5, 2019.
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