Kipchoge: I want to run with Obama
Marathon's athletes (L-R) Ethiopia's Guye Adola, World Marathon Record holder Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge, Eritrean Ghirmay Ghebreslassie and Germany's Johannes Motschmann pose during a press conference in Berlin, on September 23, 2022, ahead of the Berlin Marathon taking place on September 25, 2022. (Photo by Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP)
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Kenyan runner Eliud Kipchoge said he would like to invite
former US President Barack Obama to run with him in Kenya.
Preparing for a tilt at breaking his own world record at the
Berlin Marathon on Sunday, Kipchoge was asked which person living or dead he
would like to share a morning run with.
Kipchoge, who set the world record of 2:01:39 at the 2018
edition of the Berlin Marathon, said he would choose Obama.
"I think I would choose Barack Obama," Kipchoge
told the press conference on Friday.
"The reason is, Barack Obama has a character of
inspiration, the character of unity, and it goes beyond all human nature.
"
Barack Obama Sr, the father of the US President from 2009 to
2017, was born in Kenya.
Kipchoge said he believed in the power of running to unite
people.
"Running promotes freedom of association. When people
run together, they are united - and when there is unity, there is peace.
"The only activity, which can let us bind together, is
running."
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