Kipchoge defends marathon gold, cementing title as greatest ever
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Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya becomes just the third man in history to win two Olympic marathon titles, joining Ethiopia’s Abebe Bikila, 1960-1964, and East Germany’s Waldemar Cierpinski, 1976-1980.