Receive him like the hero he is,” prominent activist Boniface Mwangi said on Twitter. “We should line up the entire road from the airport to Nairobi. In Kenya’s running mecca of Eldoret, called the home of champions, hundreds of people burst on to the streets in celebration.
People pumped their fists, clapped and fell to their knees as Kipchoge cruised to the finish line. Hundreds of joyous Kenyans brought traffic to a standstill in the middle of the capital, Nairobi, as they gathered to watch the end of the run on a large screen. We celebrate you and wish you God’s blessings.” Your win today will inspire future generations to dream big and aspire to greatness. “You’ve done it, you’ve made history and made Kenya proud. “Hearty congratulations, Eliud Kipchoge,” President Uhuru Kenyatta said in a statement. Kipchoge was cheered by spectators along the course in Prater Park and there were celebrations in his home country before he had even finished. I want to make it a clean sport and an interesting sport.” “We can make this world a beautiful world and a peaceful world,” he said. Kipchoge pointed out his mission went beyond athletics. I expect more people all over the world to run under two hours after today.” “I am the happiest man in the world to be the first human to run under two hours and I can tell people that no human is limited. “It is a great feeling to make history in sport after Sir Roger Bannister,” Kipchoge said in reference to the late Briton’s first sub four-minute mile in 1954. The groups were also helped by a pace car with a laser beam, projecting the ideal position on the road, and they received drinks handed over by cyclists and other runners to prevent them from having to slow down. Starting at 8:15 a.m., Kipchoge was supported by 36 pacemakers who accompanied him in alternating groups, one of the reasons the IAAF governing body will not ratify the time as a world record. I got a phone call from the President of Kenya.” “The pressure was very big on my shoulders. “That was the best moment of my life,” he said before adding that he trained four-and-a-half months for his extraordinary race against the clock. Kipchoge, who compared his attempt earlier to a man landing on the moon, twice punched his chest in celebration and smiled when he finished.
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