{"id":5342,"date":"2023-02-01T09:20:57","date_gmt":"2023-02-01T09:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/london-marathon-2023-kenenisa-bekele-among-four-of-the-five-fastest-men-in-history-in-elite-mens-field\/"},"modified":"2023-02-01T09:20:58","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T09:20:58","slug":"london-marathon-2023-kenenisa-bekele-among-four-of-the-five-fastest-men-in-history-in-elite-mens-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/london-marathon-2023-kenenisa-bekele-among-four-of-the-five-fastest-men-in-history-in-elite-mens-field\/","title":{"rendered":"London Marathon 2023: Kenenisa Bekele among four of the five fastest men in history in elite men’s field"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Kenenisa Bekele ran his first competitive marathon in 2014<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kenenisa Bekele will lead the London Marathon’s elite men’s field as four of the five fastest runners in history go head-to-head in April’s race.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ethiopian Bekele, the second-fastest man in history, will be joined on the start line by Kelvin Kiptum, Birhanu Legese and Mosinet Geremew on 23 April.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Returning 2022 winner <\/span>Amos Kipruto<\/span><\/a> will also face competition from world champion Tamirat Tola of Ethiopia.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I can’t wait to return to London as the champion,” said Kenya’s Kipruto.<\/span><\/p>\n

“London always has a really strong field and this year is the same so I know I will face a battle to defend my title, but I’m confident and looking forward to it,” the 30-year-old added.<\/span><\/p>\n

Britain’s four-time Olympic track champion Mo Farah will also compete as he <\/span>prepares to say an “emotional goodbye”<\/span><\/a> at the event.<\/span><\/p>\n

The London Marathon returns to its pre-pandemic spring slot in 2023 for the first time in three years and will be broadcast live on BBC TV, iPlayer and online.<\/span><\/p>\n

World record holder Eliud Kipchoge, a four-time winner in London, is absent from the line-up – instead targeting his Boston Marathon debut.<\/span><\/p>\n

Two-time Berlin Marathon winner Bekele, runner-up in London in 2017, is considered one of the greatest distance runners of all time. <\/span><\/p>\n

However, the 40-year-old could only finish fifth at his fifth London Marathon last year.<\/span><\/p>\n

His personal best of two hours one minute 41 seconds is second only to Kipchoge, while Kenyan 23-year-old Kiptum produced the fastest marathon debut in history as he claimed victory in Valencia in December in 2:01:53. <\/span><\/p>\n

Both Ethiopians Legese (2:02:48) and Geremew (2:02:55) have also run under Kipruto’s winning time of 2:04:39 last October.<\/span><\/p>\n

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