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“Africa is home. Africa is where I was born… Africa is a small continent with a lot of energy and energetic youth.”

Source: Interview with NBC Sports, 28 August 2026

Context Asked by NBC Sports about his World Tour of marathons on every continent, he explained why running its African leg in Cape Town mattered to him.

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Eliud KipchogeKenya · b. 1984
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