Eliud Kipchoge: ‘Mo Farah did not fail in the marathon. I respect him’

The Kenyan’s astonishing marathon run in Vienna has helped him defeat a big field to win the BBC’s overseas sports personality of the year award

“I still have the fire,” whispers the greatest distance athlete in history. “What’s changed is the mentality that anything can happen if you believe in yourself. But in all other things I am still the Eliud of before. The Eliud of 11 October, still the same.”

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