Tola’s win is the biggest accomplishment of his career, but the 30-year-old was hardly a slouch before today. Abdi got a one-step lead on Geremew with a kilometer to go, but couldn’t hold it, as the Ethiopian kicked well to claim his second consecutive world silver medal. The dangling carrot of that championship record got bigger and bigger, and then was obliterated, with Tola finishing 77 seconds under the previous mark.īehind Tola, the eventual other medalists broke Levins and two-time NYC Marathon champ Geoffrey Kamworor. Tola kept the pressure on the rest of the way, covering 30K to 35K in 14:24 and 35K to 40K in 14:03. His five closest rivals gave no chase and regrouped to race for silver and bronze. He ran his 35th kilometer in 2:43, which is 27:00 10K pace. He upped the tempo again and immediately had a solo lead. Men started losing contact immediately, including Rupp soon before the 20-mile mark. He dropped the pace by about 10 seconds per mile and didn’t let up. Others had occasionally made slight moves to try to urge things along, but got no takers, and eased back into the pack. Just past the 30K mark, Tola moved to the front. There were still 32 men within a few seconds of each other as they began their final 14-kilometer circuit.Ī few minutes later, that was no longer the case. An unusually large pack passed halfway in 64:08. It appeared that prerace talk about a championship record on the flat, three-loop course would be wrong. In great marathoning weather (overcast, temperatures in the 50s), the race started conservatively. His advice for the American women racing this marathon tomorrow? “Don’t fall.” How the Race Was Won His cramping was so bad that he needed a wheelchair after the race.

Although he popped back up quickly and adrenaline took over, the incident caught up with him on the second lap, and he began cramping. Mickow took a spill at a water stop around 7 miles into the race. “It went out good from the beginning, and then when we hit 30K, they made a move and my body was tired a little,” he said. Kibet said he felt fatigued on the final lap of the three-lap course.

World Champs Day 3: Men’s Marathon and 10K.

2022 World Athletics Championships Results.

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