He is the first human being to break the 2 hr barrier.
Before INEOS, do you remember the record that he broke in Berlin?
Paul had tried and found it extremely difficult to accomplish this.
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He will turn 35 years on November 5 this year.
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Family
A single mother called Janet Rotich raised Eliud.
He has three siblings, of which he is the youngest.
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Their family house is in Eldoret, Kenya.
Sangs success had positively impacted the young Eliud and inspired him to try his chance in athletics too.
Being neighbors, Eliud approached him for mentorship sessions because he knew that he could run.
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Patrick saw his potential and immediately enlisted him in his training program.
Some of the basic principles that Sang instilled in him were hard work, patience, and discipline.
As a student, he used to run two miles while going to school daily.
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Education
He sat for his KCSE exams (High School) in 1999 from Kaptei Secondary School.
This was his first attempt at running the 42 km distance for under 2hours.
As expected, Eliud gave his best only to fall short of the record by 25 seconds.
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She has a Bachelor of Commerce & IT from the University of Nairobi and joined Briefly.co.za in November 2019.
The writer completed a Google News Initiate Course.
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