In Vienna, the Kenyan achieved a milestone once believed to be unattainable. But his time, 1:59:40, will not be recognized as a world record.

In becoming the first person to cover the marathon distance in less than two hours, Kipchoge, 34, achieved a sports milestone granted almost mythical status in the running world, breaking through a temporal barrier that many would have deemed untouchable only a few years ago.

World bronze medallist Hugues-Fabrice Zango produced the jump of his life at the Meeting de Paris on Sunday (2), sailing out to an outright African triple jump record of 17.77m.

Zango’s 17.77m moves him to equal fourth on the world indoor all-time list and is just 15 centimetres shy of the world indoor record set in 2011 by his coach, Teddy Tamgho.