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Kenya: Motivated By Eliud Kipchoge, Geoffrey Kamworor Eyes Boston Marathon Glory

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Nairobi — Geoffrey Kamworor will line up in the streets of Boston on Monday evening, seeking a second World Marathon Major title, motivated by his close friend and training partner Eliud Kipchoge.

Kipchoge himself has won four out of six World Marathon Majors and Kamworor has often admitted that he would want to take after his training partner.

“He really motivates me a lot and everytime gives me advise on how to tackle different races because he is very experienced and is the best marathoner in the world,” Kamworor told Capital Sports in a previous interview.

Kamworor, a three-time World Half Marathon champion has won the New York Marathon twice, in 2017 and 2019, won silver in the same race in 2015, bronze in 2018 and a double bronze from the Berlin Marathon in 2012 and 2013.

In Boston, he will be making his debut and all eyes will be on him to produce a masterclass of a performance.

“I have trained really well and I feel my body is in good shape. I will just go in there and give my best,” said Kamworor ahead of the Monday evening (morning USA time).

Competition will be stiff for Kamworor with a loaded field lining up.

Tokyo Marathon winner Birhanu Legese, who has a PB of 2:02:48 will be one of the toughest men Kamworor has to watch out for.

The 27-year-old Ethiopian rarely gets it wrong in the marathon. Along with his Tokyo Marathon victories in 2019 and 2020, he placed second in Berlin in 2019, which is when he set his lifetime best, and was third in Valencia in 2020 and fifth in London last year.