2-time Olympic champion Kipchoge ends 3-year victory drought with Melbourne Marathon win

Two-time Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge set a race record Sunday in winning the Melbourne Marathon. And it could have been a few seconds faster. The 41-year-old from Kenya, a former world record holder and who won gold medals at the 2016 and 2020 Games, slowed down to wave to spectators inside the Melbourne Cricket Ground, where the last half-lap was run. Kipchoge, who won his last marathon in September 2023 at Berlin, broke away inside the last 10 kilometres of the 42.2-kilometre race Sunday and crossed the finish line in two hours nine minutes 10 seconds — two seconds inside…