Ethiopian Tamirat Tola wins Olympic men's marathon

Ethiopian Tamirat Tola delivered a masterclass in solo front running to win the Olympic men's marathon in Paris on Saturday as Eliud Kipchoge's bid for a third gold went up in smoke. Tola clocked an Olympic record of 2hr 06min 26sec for victory, finishing 21 seconds ahead of Belgium's Bashir Abdi, whose silver marked an [...]The post Ethiopian Tamirat Tola wins Olympic men's marathon appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News.

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