4:40 am: In the legend
After this unfortunate parenthesis in cycling, I bring you back to the results of the marathon. And I only have one word: AWESOME. Oh no, if I have a second one: LEGENDARY. In the streets of Sapporo, we had the name of the greatest marathoner in history: Eliud Kipchoge. The Kenyan, five years after Rio, once again won the legendary Olympic event. In 2:08:38, he beat the Dutchman Abdi Nageeye (2:09:58) and the Belgian Bashir Abdi (2h10: 00).
At 36, Kipchoge holds the world record of 42,195 km, set in 2:01:39 in Berlin in 2018. Above all, he becomes the third runner to win the Olympic marathon for the second time in a row after the Ethiopian Abebe Bikila (1960 and 1964) and East German Waldemar Cierpinski (1976 and 1980). This is his 4th Olympic medal in four participations after bronze in the 5,000m in 2004 and silver over the same distance in 2008. Chapeau