Nairobi/London — Eliud Kipchoge, the world’s greatest marathon man, said his first reaction was shock when he heard at home in Kenya that the 2020 Olympic Games had been postponed because of the coronavirus outbreak.

That shock soon gave way to disappointment — but then defiance. “We will win this fight against the Covid-19,” the barrier-breaking Kenyan, widely considered the world’s finest runner, said in an interview with Reuters...

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