On September 25, the 2022 Berlin Marathon will start. Due to the holding of the men's marathon world record, Kenya legendary running god Kipchoge confirmed his participation, making this year's competition particularly eye-catching. In terms of Chinese players, two young players Renqing Dongzhibu and He Jie, who were training in Africa with Kipchoger, will also step on the Berlin track, and they will set their goal to run within 2 hours, 9 minutes and 40 seconds.
Kipchoge
"No. 1 man in marathon" goal "break two"
After four years, Kipchoge's goal is to "break two".
marathon "breaking two" is considered a great challenge to human extreme , and some sports fans even compared it to human moon landing plans.
Kipchoge is the first person in the world to run a complete marathon in two hours. In the 2019 Vienna "1:59 Challenge", Kipchoger passed the finish line with 1 hour, 59 minutes and 40 seconds. However, this achievement has not been recognized by the IAAF since the competition environment, logistics supply, pace team, etc. do not meet international standards. But in Kipchoger's view, "If you run a marathon in two hours, it's a real race. In Vienna, I made history, and in Berlin, I set a world record."
Now, Kipchoger is ready to challenge himself and challenge his limits again.
, founded in 1974, has witnessed the rewritten world record of marathon seven times, and this place is also a blessed land for Kipchoge. In 2018, Kipchoger set a world record of 2 hours, 1 minutes and 39 seconds in Berlin, and won three championships and one victory in the Berlin Marathon four times. In the IAAF certified Kipchoger’s top ten personal score rankings, the first, sixth, ninth and tenth results were all created in Berlin.
Speaking of the Berlin Marathon, Kipchoger firmly believes that a wonderful race will run, "I will push myself hard, I don't like commitment, but I believe that if the weather is good enough, I can even run for two hours."
Renqing Dongzhibu
and Kipchoge trained together. Chinese athletes look forward to breaking through
In the past Berlin marathon, Dong Guojian , Guan Yousheng, Jia Orenjia , Zhao Hao and other Chinese athletes have all created personal best results. This time, two young athletes Renqing Dongzhibu and He Jie will also step on the Berlin track. The two have significantly improved their performance in recent years and are considered the top new generation of athletes in the Chinese men's marathon.
22-year-old Renqing Dongzhibu started his sports competitive career in 2018 and completed his first marathon in November 2020, but his upward momentum has been rapid in recent years: he ran a 2 hours, 17 minutes and 8 seconds in his first marathon in Nanjing in 2020; 2021 Xuzhou marathon improved his personal best to 2 hours, 11 minutes and 54 seconds; last year, he won the championship with a 2 hours, 14 minutes and 26 seconds in the Shaanxi National Games, which is the biggest dark horse in the Chinese men's marathon.
24-year-old He Jie has been working in multiple training teams, and his results have also been gratifying in recent years: the 2020 Nanjing Marathon ran for 2 hours, 15 minutes and 33 seconds, and the 2021 Xuzhou Marathon ran for 2 hours, 12 minutes and 00 seconds.
In this competition, head coach Su Wei set the participation goal to be within 2 hours, 9 minutes and 40 seconds. "Berlin has a very good track. If they are in good condition on the day of the competition, they will have a chance to run within 2 hours, 9 minutes and 9 minutes. I hope Renqing Dongzhibu and He Jie will show their recent training level."
It is worth mentioning that in order to prepare for next year's World Track and Field Championships of Budapest, a few days ago, the Chinese men's marathon team including Renqing Dongzhibu and He Jie went to Kenya, Africa to train with world record holder Kipchoger and his teammates.
The local training conditions in Kenya are relatively difficult, but they are also very training-oriented. The national team will have three key lessons every week to practice with the Kipchoge team. In previous training, the efforts of Chinese track and field players left a deep impression on Kipchoge. He said: "Chinese athletes train very hard and are very enthusiastic about long-distance running events. I am very happy that Chinese athletes come here to train with Kenyan athletes, which is very beneficial to promoting the development of long-distance running events around the world."
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