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Kipchoge: Paris Olympics was good despite pain

Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge and other athletes compete in the men's marathon of the athletics event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris on August 10, 2024.[AFP]

Despite running the worst marathon in his largely successful athletics career, Eliud Kipchoge maintains that the Paris Olympics 'was good.'

The two-time Olympic champion and the first man to race under two hours in 42km flew the Kenyan flag at the recently concluded Paris Olympics with an eye on a historic third marathon title.

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