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Encyclopedia > Eliud Kipchoge
Olympic Medal Record
Men's Athletics
Bronze 2004 Athens 5,000 metres

Eliud Kipchoge (born November 5th 1984 in Kapsisiywa, near Kapsabet) is a Kenyan 5000 metres runner. He won a bronze medal at that 2004 Olympics and a gold medal at the 2003 World Championships, beating runner-up Hicham El Guerrouj by four hundredths of a second. He also won the bronze in the 3000 metres indoor at the 2006 World Championships in Moscow. Typical outdoor red rubber track Athletics, also known, especially in American English, as track and field or track and field athletics, is a collection of sport events, which can roughly be divided into running, throwing, and jumping. ... The 2004 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, were held in Athens, Greece, over a period of 17 days from August 13 to August 29, 2004. ... The 5,000 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium on August 25 and August 28. ... November 5 is the 309th day of the year (310th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 56 days remaining. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 5000 metres, a popular running distance also known as a 5 km, colloquially five-K. This distance is typical for all types of running races; from cross-country, to the road, to the track. ... Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium, except for the Marathons (which were run from Marathonas to the Kallimarmaro Stadium), the Road Walk, and the Shot Put, which was held at the Ancient Olympia Stadium. ... The 9th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held from August 23 to August 31, 2003 in the Stade de France in Saint Denis, Paris, France. ... Hicham El Guerrouj (Arabic: هشام الكروج) (born September 14, 1974, Berkane, Morocco) is a Moroccan middle distance runner. ... The 11th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations will be held in Moscow, Russia during March 2006 in the Olimpiyski Sport Complex. ... Moscow (Russian: Москва́, Moskva, IPA: ) is the capital of Russia and the countrys principal political, economic, financial, educational and transportation center, located on the river Moskva. ...


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Eliud Kipchoge: still only a rising star


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The Junior Men's title. Winner Eliud Kipchoge - A Time-to-Run - XCountry section (408 words)
Kipchoge’s victory was a hard fought one against the Ugandan pre-race favourite, who had shown impressive form in the build-up to these Championships.
Kipchoge maintained control over the race from the gun and was always on hand throughout to see that a sustained pace was maintained.
Going into the final lap, Kipchoge was still surrounded by a mass of 'wannabe' winners, however Eluid was not going to make this a Sunday afternoon stroll in the Equestrian park, and he begun to apply the pressure in the most relentless manner of power running.
Younger talents produce top-class contests (3508 words)
And the young brigade, led by Kenenisa Bekele, Eliud Kipchoge, Tirunesh Dibaba and Carolina Kluft, clearly gave an indication that it was time for the `oldies' to move over.
As though to compensate for the lack of fireworks in the sprints, the distance events produced four top-class contests, two in either sections, and they also brought to the fore the younger talent in Ethiopia and Kenya that was ready to take over the reins from the elder bunch.
Kipchoge's final charge was memorable and so was El Guerrouj's attempt to emulate the great Finn, Paavo Nurmi, the only man ever to have won the distance double on the global stage.
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