Kipchoge Confirmed for Delhi Half Marathon

Published by IAAF on October 14, 2016

Kenya’s 2016 Olympic Games marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge will have his first race since his memorable triumph in Rio at the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon, an IAAF Bronze Label Road Race, on Sunday 20 November.

Kipchoge, who turns 32 on 5 November, has put together a winning streak of seven successive marathons and is unbeaten over the classic distance in the last three years.

However, the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon will be his first outing over a shorter distance since he finished sixth at the Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon in February 2015.

"It’s six years down the line since the Commonwealth Games were held in Delhi, where I got the silver medal in the 5000m," Kipchoge said. "I have great memories of my last visit to India and now I am ready to come back in a different capacity as a road racer."