Monday, 22 August 2016

Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge Wins Gold in Men's Marathon

Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya crosses the finish line in the marathon.

Kipchoge finished in a time of 2 hours, 8 minutes and 44 seconds.

Ethiopia’s Feyisa Lilesa (2:09:54)
took silver.  Rupp's time was 2:10:05.

Kipchoge, 31, is a former world champion at 5,000 meters, and he has Olympic silver and bronze medals from the 2008 and 2004 Olympics.

He also is a two-time winner of the London Marathon and a winner of the Chicago Marathon.

It was a remarkable Olympic medal for the 30-year-old Rupp, who made his marathon debut in February with a victory in the U.S. team trials.

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