Eliud Kipchoge is set to line up at the Porto Alegre Marathon in southern Brazil on July 12, marking his next competitive outing following his appearance at the Cape Town Marathon, where the Kenyan great returned to form on the roads.
The announcement confirms that Kipchoge, regarded by many as the greatest marathon runner of all time, is maintaining an active racing schedule despite being in the latter stages of a career that has redefined long-distance running. Porto Alegre, the capital of Rio Grande do Sul state, will host the Kenyan legend as he continues building toward future targets.
Kipchoge burst into global consciousness when he claimed Olympic marathon gold at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games and retained the title in Tokyo in 2021, becoming only the third man to win back-to-back Olympic marathon titles. He also held the world record, having shattered the 2:02 barrier and later becoming the first person to complete a sub-two-hour marathon — in an unofficial time trial in Vienna in 2019.
His presence at Porto Alegre is expected to significantly raise the profile of the event, which organisers have positioned as part of the growing South American road racing calendar. The race also offers Kipchoge competitive mileage ahead of any future major marathon targets.
Kenya has long dominated global marathon running, with athletes trained in the high-altitude Rift Valley producing generation after generation of world-class performers. Kipchoge, who trains under coach Patrick Sang in Kaptagat, remains the face of that tradition, and his continued participation at elite level serves as an inspiration to a new cohort of Kenyan distance runners aspiring to follow in his footsteps.
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