Eliud Kipchoge grew to become the primary athlete to run a marathon in below two hours in October 2019Dates: 23 July-8 August Time in Tokyo: BST +8Protection: Watch dwell on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC Pink Button and on-line; Pay attention on BBC Radio 5 Dwell, Sports activities Additional and Sounds; dwell textual content and video clips on BBC Sport web site and app.
Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge claimed victory within the males’s marathon at Tokyo 2020 to grow to be the primary athlete since 1980 to retain an Olympic marathon title.
Kipchoge, solely the third individual to win successive Olympic marathons, completed in two hours eight minutes 38 seconds.
Thought to be the best marathon runner of all time, the 36-year-old crossed the road one minute 20 seconds forward of the Netherlands’ Abdi Nageeye.
Within the race for bronze, Belgian Bashir Abdi edged out Kenyan Lawrence Cherono.
It’s a fourth Olympic medal for Kipchoge, who famously recorded the primary sub two hour marathon in 2019.
Kipchoge suffered his first marathon defeat in seven years in London final October, however he appeared in management all through the race in Sapporo, Japan, earlier than transferring properly away from the sphere after 30km.
The Kenyan – whose official marathon world document is the two:01:39 he ran in Berlin in 2018 – received 5,000m bronze in 2004 and silver in 2008, earlier than claiming his first Olympic gold in Rio 5 years in the past.
Britain’s Chris Thompson was 54th in 2:21:29, nevertheless compatriots Callum Hawkins and Ben Connor didn’t end the race.
Scottish document holder Hawkins, who collapsed within the Gold Coast warmth on the 2018 Commonwealth Video games, had positioned ninth on his Olympics debut in Rio however was unable to stick with the leaders earlier than withdrawing earlier than the 30-kilometre mark.
On Friday, Kenya’s Peres Jepchirchir received the ladies’s marathon in 28C warmth and, whereas the temperatures reached 27C on Saturday, the lads benefitted from elevated cloud cowl.
Brazil’s Daniel Do Nascimento suffered a nasty wanting fall when within the lead group and was among the many 30 athletes to tug out.
