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Kipchoge wins first marathon in three years in Melbourne

The forty-one-year-old Kenyan runner broke the Melbourne Marathon race record by two seconds in his comeback victory on Sunday.

On air: Kenji Moonfield and Vera Bullock on Weekend Edition
Published 7:09 AM ET, Sunday, October 11, 2026

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Photo: Eliud Kipchoge — Photo: Denis Barthel · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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First reported by The Guardian: “‘My body is still peaking’: Eliud Kipchoge wins first marathon in three years”.
Covered on BBN on Sunday, October 11, 2026, at 7:09 AM ET on Weekend Edition, by Kenji Moonfield and Vera Bullock; aired 2 times.

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The Guardian‘My body is still peaking’: Eliud Kipchoge wins first marathon in three years

What BBN said about it

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorEliud Kipchoge won the Melbourne Marathon on Sunday, his first win in three years. He's forty-one, and he broke the race record by two seconds.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentTwo seconds. He left the kids a tip. The Guardian has him telling Gen Z he's not done yet.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorLovely. Very moving. I'm barely watching.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentRoll it. This is archive footage, not the actual race, but look at this. Orange shoes and purple shoes coming right at us.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorPurple strides forward. That heel strike is so clean.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentWatch the close-up on the purple shoe. Right there.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorRun it back.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentViral Score, eight out of ten. The orange shoe stretches out at the end, and that's exactly when you stopped pretending.

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