Yesterday, Kipchoge won the Tokyo Marathon without suspense, adding another record to his six Grand Slam championship books. Moreover, this championship also comes with the honor of breaking the record of the tournament.
Any compliments to Kipchog are not exaggerated, and like that sentence, you can always trust Kipchog.
After the game, the IAAF also produced a poster that recorded Kipchoger's record of winning the championship at six Grand Slams. From Chicago as a fledgling city to the supremacy of London and Berlin, it now has Tokyo's crown. The only challenges that await the first man in marathon history are Boston and New York.
Kipchoge improved the Tokyo Marathon record to 2 hours, 2 minutes and 40 seconds, and by the time he ran the fourth-best time in history, he was already a 37-year-old veteran.
In addition, Kipchoge also left a record of 2 hours, 2 minutes and 37 seconds for the London Marathon, and a record of 2 hours, 1 minutes and 39 seconds for the Berlin Marathon and a world record.
These three records are likely to be held for a long time. Because, at present, the world's second-largest Beckerer is in unstable form, judging from his race status last year, it is difficult to run another 2 hours, 1 minute and 41 seconds.
In addition, Birhanu LEGESE ran the world's fifth place in 2 hours, 2 minutes and 48 seconds in Berlin in 2019. This was run during a match with Beckler.
Mosinet GEREMEW, who finished sixth, scored 2 hours, 2 minutes and 55 seconds, and ran when he was competing with Kipchoger.
The two also signed up for the Tokyo Marathon. LEGESE did not participate in the end, and GEREMEW did not finish the race. It can also be said that these two people need to be carried by top runners to run faster.
Kipchoger's strength lies in his stable performance and excellent ability to adjust. He won 16-14 in his career. With only 8th place in the London Marathon losing to the London Marathon in 2020, he quickly adjusted his form under the epidemic and defended his title by winning the gold medal at last year's Tokyo Olympics.
This success is of course attributed to the ascetic training life that is still there today, and even after becoming famous, Kipchoge still leaves his family and lives in an ordinary dormitory in the training base of Ito, Kenya, with everyone else, repeating the standard training.
Judging from the current performance list, the only runner who can run into 2 hours and 3 minutes is Kenya's Titus EKIRU, who was born in 1992 and ran 2 hours, 2 minutes and 57 seconds in the 2021 Milan Marathon.
In addition, the active players have not yet been able to threaten Kipchoge's results.
On the other hand, Kipchoger's glow somewhat overshadowed the success of this women's champion, Kosguet. Kipchoge won four Grand Slam tournaments and Kosgai won three Grand Slam titles.
Counting tokyo, Cosguet has won the Chicago and London Marathons. She ran the world record of 2 hours, 14 minutes and 4 seconds in Chicago in 2019. In 2020, she won the London Marathon with a time of 2 hours, 18 minutes and 58 seconds. The Tokyo Marathon was 2 hours, 16 minutes and 2 seconds, ranking third in history.
The author counted the best results of the 2010-2021 women's marathon in the calendar year and found that 2017 was a year worth paying attention to.
In 2017, Kenya's Mary KEITANY approached with a time of 2 hours, 17 minutes and 1 second, the previous world record of 2 hours 15 minutes and 25 seconds. This performance, which was run by Paula RADCLIFFE, was considered difficult to break.
Later, it was Cosguet's birth and the surprise in Chicago that rewrote this legendary record.
List of players within 2 hours and 18 minutes
Before 2017, the women's calendar best did not enter 2 hours and 18 minutes, and only the best time in 2012 ran 2 hours and 19 points.
After that year, the women's marathon results improved by leaps and bounds. In addition to the world record born in 2019, the best time for the women's season in 2020 and 2021 is within 2 hours and 18 minutes.
Counting the results within 2 hours and 18 minutes, it will be found that if THE RADCLIFFE is excluded, then all the results are created after 2017. Among them, the results after 2019 have reached as many as 10 times, confirming the explosive improvement of the strength of the women's marathon in recent years.