Ethiopia’s Tola Wins Olympic Marathon In Dominant Style

By BBC

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Ethiopia’s Tamirat Tola dominated the men’s marathon in Paris to win in an Olympic record time as Team GB’s Emile Cairess finished fourth.

Tola stormed ahead to seal victory in two hours six minutes and 26 seconds, beating the previous record – set by Kenya’s Samuel Wanjiru in 2008 – by six seconds.

Belgium’s Bashir Abdi (2:06.47) finished second to upgrade his bronze from Tokyo in 2021, while Benson Kipruto of Kenya (2:07:00) was third. READ MORE…