Ethiopia’s Tamirat Tola dominated the lads’s marathon in Paris to win in an Olympic report time as Crew GB’s Emile Cairess completed fourth.
Tola stormed forward to seal victory in two hours six minutes and 26 seconds, beating the earlier report – set by Kenya’s Samuel Wanjiru in 2008 – by six seconds.
Belgium’s Bashir Abdi (2:06.47) completed second to improve his bronze from Tokyo in 2021, whereas Benson Kipruto of Kenya (2:07:00) was third.
Cairess had been second on the 30km mark, however dropped again to sixth earlier than ending strongly to overtake two rivals and declare fourth in 2:07.29.
“It was a very good race. I attempted to tempo myself, be smart, hold myself cool and simply attempt to end effectively,” stated Cairess.
“I simply did not need to go away something on the course, give 100% to the race and haven’t any regrets.”
Nevertheless, there was disappointment for two-time defending champion Eliud Kipchoge who was unable to complete the race after struggling in the direction of the again of the sphere.
The 39-year-old Kenyan, who was making an attempt to grow to be the primary three-time Olympic marathon winner, pulled out with simply over 10km remaining.
Cairess’ British team-mates Phil Sesemann and Mahamed Mahamed completed forty sixth and 57th respectively.
