Last Updated: “I Trust I Can Still Perform” – Eliud Kipchoge On Marathon Comeback And Olympics Marathon world record holder Eliud Kipchoge has told SNTV that he still can perform at the highest level after his six year year unbeaten run ended in dramatic fashion with a career-low 8th-place finish at last year's London marathon. Marathon world record holder Eliud Kipchoge has told SNTV that he still can perform at the highest level after his six year year unbeaten run ended in dramatic fashion with a career-low 8th-place finish at last year's London marathon. The 36-year-old Kenyan - who ran the world's first sub-two hour marathon at an unofficial event in October 2019 - was speaking ahead of his comeback at Sunday's NN Mission Marathon at Twente Airport in Enschede, Netherlands.