São Paulo welcome athletics legend to Barra Funda training ground | OneFootball

Last Tuesday (14), São Paulo welcomed Kenyan marathon runner Eliud Kipchoge to its Barra Funda Training Center. He is considered one of the greatest names in the history of world athletics.

The two-time Olympic champion (Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020) and world champion toured the professional football team’s training facilities, was presented with a personalized official jersey, and expressed his fondness for the club.

In a message directed to São Paulo fans, the 41-year-old athlete celebrated the warm welcome and declared himself the team’s newest supporter.

“I want to tell all 20 million fans that now there are 20 million and one, because I have joined the club as a supporter. I am one of you now. I wish São Paulo all the best,” Kipchoge said.

Commercial activation and the athlete’s global project

The long-distance runner’s presence in Brazil was made possible by New Balance, São Paulo’s official sportswear supplier and organizer of the NB 42K Porto Alegre marathon, held last Sunday (12) in the capital of Rio Grande do Sul.

His participation in the race is part of the athlete’s global project, called Eliud Running World, whose goal is to run at least one official marathon on each continent.

Kipchoge achieved historic global prominence in 2019 in Vienna, Austria, when he became the first man in history to complete the 42.195 km distance in under two hours, recording the unofficial time of 1:59:40.

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