Eliud Kipchoge. [Photo: citizentv.co.ke]
Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge will return to the Virgin Money London Marathon on April 22, 2018 looking to make it a hat-trick of wins in the capital.
The Kenyan superstar won in 2015 and was an agonizing eight seconds away from the current world record of two hours two minutes and 57 seconds when he won again a year later.
Kipchoge, 33, will now return in 2018 looking to confirm his status as the greatest marathon runner of his generation.
“The Virgin Money London Marathon is a race that holds very special memories for me,” he said. “I won it in 2015 and 2016 and both are days that I will never forget.
“I came so close to breaking the world record in 2016 and it is natural for anyone in that situation to think of what might have been. But that race gave me the confidence to go on and win the Olympic title in Rio and run so well throughout 2017.”