Paris: The ultimate challenge for marathon legend Kipchoge

With his long, metronomic stride, he has twice broken the marathon world record — streaking to 2:01:39 in 2018 and 2:01:09 in 2022.He is the only man to have covered the 42.195 kilometre (26.2 mile) marathon distance in under two hours, albeit during a specially organised, unofficial race in Vienna in 2019.He has won 16 of the 20 official marathons he has run since 2013, including 11 victories in the majors (five in Berlin, four in London, one each in Tokyo and Chicago), alongside Olympic golds in 2016 and 2021. – ‘Really determined’ –  The youngest of four children, Kipchoge was…