Eliud Kipchoge finished far ahead of the pack to defend his men’s Olympic marathon title.

Eliud Kipchoge finished far ahead of the pack to defend his men’s Olympic marathon title.

The New York Times-Sports·2021-08-08 17:02

Eliud Kipchoge, 36, of Kenya won his second consecutive Olympic marathon on Sunday in 2 hours 8 minutes 38 seconds, reaffirming his status as the greatest runner in history over the distance of 26.2 miles.

He finished 80 seconds ahead of the silver medalist, Abdi Nageeye of the Netherlands, who ran 2:09:58. Bashir Abdi of Belgium took bronze in 2:10:00.

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