Reigning Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge has donated one of the shoes he used in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games marathon victory.

The winning left shoe of the world marathon record holder will be one of the featured items in the “IAAF Heritage World Athletics Championships Exhibition”, a six-month display which will open in Doha on 18 April.

“I’m really pleased that my career will be permanently represented in the IAAF Heritage Collection,” the 2018 IAAF World Athlete of the Year was quoted by the IAAF.

Kipchoge, also hinted that he will not be hanging his boots anytime soon. “My running career is not yet over, but I’m proud to donate one of my shoes from my Rio victory to be preserved for future generations. I hope it helps to motivate more people to take up the wonderful sport of running.”

IAAF President Sebastian Coe alongside his vice Dahlan Al Hamad who is the Director General of the IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019 Local Organising Committee, will officially open the IAAF Heritage Exhibition in the City Centre Doha, Qatar’s largest shopping mall on April 18, 2019.

The 400m2 exhibition will feature the world’s largest ever display of athletics artifacts and memorabilia, dating from 2nd Century B.C. to the present day.

In text, photographic and video displays, the exhibition succinctly tells the story of the sport’s 3000-year history.

Introductory displays cover athletics as it emerged from the ancient Olympic Games in 776 B.C. The story is carried through to the first modern Olympic Games of 1896, the foundation of the IAAF in 1912 and to the creation of the IAAF World Championships in 1983.

At the heart of the exhibition are 10 huge display panels summarising the history of the 16 editions of the IAAF World Athletics Championships.

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