Following his convincing victory in the 2019 London marathon in a time of 2:02:37, Eliud Kipchoge has left no doubt that he is the greatest marathon runner ever. Lets put things into perspective.<\/p>\n
1. He has won 10 consecutive marathons. The next longest streak is 6 marathons by Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia.
\n2. He holds the world record at 2:01.39, is the only person ever to run under 2:02
\n3. He holds the two fastest times ever in the marathon.
\n4. He has been ranked world number one four times: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018. No one else has come close. A host of others including Sammy Wanjiru were world number one twice. <\/p>\n<\/table>\n
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