Kenenisa Bekele out of London Marathon with calf injury

ByReuters

Updated 02/10/2020 at 16:20 GMT

Ethiopia's Kenenisa Bekele, the second-fastest man in history over the distance, has withdrawn from Sunday's London Marathon with a calf injury which has put paid to his showdown with world record holder Eliud Kipchoge, organisers said on Friday.

Kenenisa Bekele (Maratón de Berlín 2019)

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Ethiopia's Kenenisa Bekele, the second-fastest man in history over the distance, has withdrawn from Sunday's London Marathon with a calf injury

Bekele said he picked up the injury after "two fast training sessions too close together", leaving Kenya's Kipchoge as an even hotter favourite to win his fifth title in the race which will be run on a new, multi-lap course at St James's Park.

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