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Will a final hurdle fall this year?: Rudraneil Sengupta writes on running, in 2025

Updated on: Jan 4, 2025, 14:56:14 IST
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PREMIUMKipchoge (in white) runs in his Nike Vaporfly shoes, shielded from wind resistance by other runners. (Photo via Ineos)
Kipchoge (in white) runs in his Nike Vaporfly shoes, shielded from wind resistance by other runners. (Photo via Ineos)
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It was once said that no human could run a marathon in under two hours. Now that it’s been done, can it be done in competition?

With the force of inevitability, we can expect the new year to bring new sporting records.

Who would bet against Armand Duplantis bettering his own world record for the 11th time in the pole vault? Or Sydney Mclaughlin-Levrone breaking her 400m hurdles record for the seventh time, and pushing her run time closer to the improbable 50 seconds?

Running defines the limits of the human body in ways that few other sporting disciplines do, and so it is in the

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