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Kipchoge: Paris Olympics was good despite pain

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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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