Marathon Legend Eliud Kipchoge Wins Best Male Athlete Of Tokyo 2020 At ANOC Awards

Marathon legend Eliud Kipchoge was named the best male athlete of Tokyo 2020 at the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) Awards 2021 held in Greece on Sunday.

Regarded as the greatest marathoner of all time, Kipchoge  was awarded by the president of Association of National Olympics Committee of Africa Mustapha Berraf at the Open Air Theatre of the Creta Maris Beach Hotel.

Kipchoge, the World Marathon Record Holder wrote history in Tokyo in August by becoming only the third man to win back-to-back Olympics Marathon gold after Ethiopia’s Abebe Bikila and Germany’s Waldemar Cierpinski.

The ceremony was attended by a host of officials including, the International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, Kenya’s National Olympic Committee of Kenya boss Paul Tergat and Ag. Secretary General Francis Mutuku.

"When you win two Olympic gold medals back-to-back, its making history because only three people have done it, I’m happy to have done that in the year 2020 in the Tokyo Olympic Games.

"The Tokyo 2020 Games was important Olympics ever because it brought hope to the whole world after the Covid-19 crashed the whole world. I enjoyed the track and field for 10 years and it is good I made a huge transfer to the road and make a huge mark and inspire the whole world to love the sport and spread positivity,” Kipchoge stated.

The awards were organized by ANOC to celebrate the achievements of athletes at the recently concluded Tokyo Games.