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Peres Jepchirchir has explained how her six-year-old daughter, Natalia, is motivating her to retain her Olympic Marathon title.
No woman in history has ever defended her Olympic title in the marathon successively but defending champion Peres Jepchirchir believes she will be the first to make history as she gears up for the Olympic Games in Paris, France next year.
The 30-year-old draws motivation from her six-year-old daughter, Natalia, whom she will be looking to make proud as she returns to the Olympic Games in the hunt for glory.
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10:45 - 14.10.2023
ATHLETICS Peres Jepchirchir shares why it will take time to break the women's world record again
Peres Jepchirchir has shared her insights on why it will take longer for the women's marathon world record to be broken.
Speaking to World Athletics, Jepchirchir explained that when she was running the London Marathon, her daughter was surprised to see her finish third because she was used to seeing her mother win the races.
“When I was running the London Marathon, she came and asked me, ‘Why did you come third place? Usually, you are the winner!’,” Jepchirchir said.
The six-year-old had her questions because she had never seen her mother lose a marathon before. Out of her six marathons, Jepchirchir had bagged wins in five of them.
She started off her career at the 2013 Kisumu Safaricom Marathon where she was debuting and made an impression after finishing third. Jepchirchir then competed at the Saitama International Marathon in 2019 and won in style.
In 2020, she was in action at the Valencia Marathon where she also reigned supreme before coming back in 2021 to dominate in the marathon at the Olympic Games and later clinch the New York City Marathon title.
She then competed at and won the Boston Marathon in 2022 before her injury woes began. However, her daughter pushes her to always work hard.
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14:06 - 09.10.2023
ATHLETICS In Eliud Kipchoge's footsteps: Peres Jepchirchir eyeing second successive win at the Olympic Games
Peres Jepchirchir is keenly following in Eliud Kipchoge's footsteps as she looks to defend her marathon title at next year's Olympic Games.
However, Jepchirchir explained that her daughter was not aware of her injury woes but she eventually learnt about that when her mother got well.
“She heard people talking about me coming back from injury, then she said, ‘Mama you are (free) from injury now, you are running, you will be ok. Mama, you will win!’,” Jepchirchir narrated.
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