Two Olympic champions ready themselves for a call with a few journalists from across the globe. Eliud Kipchoge, decked in a white NN top and red shorts sits on his bed, his Supersapiens glucose monitor conveniently placed on his left arm in front of the camera. He leans forward in his private room at the same Kaptagat compound where he has resided for almost 20 years. A few moments later, another face of the Tokyo Olympics appears. The last time we spoke, Sifan Hassan was in Park City, Utah preparing to run the Chicago Marathon.
“Win or lose, it's good for me to find out,” she joked that day, on whether six weeks would be long enough to prepare for the distance, having barely finished contesting the 1500m, 5000m and…