Eliud Kipchoge falls an agonising 25secs short in bid to run first sub-two hour marathon

"I believe in good preparation and planning and if I stick to that the 25 seconds will come."

Olympic marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge has failed in his bid to complete the first sub-two hour marathon by an agonising 25 seconds in Italy.

The 32-year-old Kenyan - along with fellow elite African athletes, Lelisa Desisa and Zersenay Tadese - was hoping to break the barrier exactly 63 years after Roger Bannister became the first person to run a four-minute mile.