Ramakongoana finished 35th - and with a great story. “It was fun to be able to follow him in the race, and he was easy to pick out as the only runner in white leggings,” Cress wrote in a text. Sandra Cress, who was working the transportation operations desk in Portland for World Athletics, helped him secure socks, leggings and a pair of Nike shoes. He arrived in Portland after a roughly 40-hour trip, but his luggage didn’t make it. Kamworor is rounding back into form after recovering from a broken leg he suffered when he was hit by a motorcycle in 2020.įor Tebello Ramakongoana of Lesotho, it was quite a journey just to get to the starting line. Cameron Levins of Canada was fourth and Geoffrey Kamworor of Kenya wound up fifth. The real race was for silver, with the 33-year-old Abdi pushing Geremew all the way to the finish before running out of steam. The 36-year-old Rupp received loud cheers from the fans who lined the course, some of whom followed along while riding bikes. runner and University of Oregon standout Galen Rupp was in the lead group for much of the race before dropping back and finishing 19th. On Sunday, though, the defending world champion tried to keep up but couldn’t maintain the pace. In 2019, Lelisa Desisa led the way for Ethiopia. “I’m very much happy because we own gold and silver,” Geremew said. It was another silver for Geremew, who finished runner-up at worlds in the heat of Doha in 2019. This is the sign of Tola’s domination: Geremew’s time eclipsed the championship record, too. The previous championship record was 2:06:54, set by Abel Kirui of Kenya at the 2009 world championships in Berlin. But no one was even close to catching up as the 2017 world silver medalist kept building and building on his lead. Tola never glanced back after pulling away. “It was my dream.”Įven in dreams, rarely are wins by this convincing of a margin.
“I tried to prepare myself for a long time” for this, Tola said through an interpreter. Teammate Mosinet Geremew held on for silver, finishing 68 seconds behind Tola.
The 30-year-old Tola finished in a championship-record time of 2 hours, 5 minutes, 36 seconds on a fast and flat course that featured plenty of scenic views to soak in. Tola led a 1-2 finish by Ethiopia in the men’s marathon at the world championships on Sunday, opening a wide lead late in the race and cruising through the finish line. (AP) - One moment, Tamirat Tola was right there with the lead pack - shoulder to shoulder and shoe to shoe.
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