The reigning Olympic champion, Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge, won in Sapporo in the Tokyo 2020 marathon with a time of 2 hours 08’38 “, repeating the title as Abebe Bikila. Silver medal for the Dutch Nageeye, at 1 ‘ 20 “, bronze to the Belgian Abdi, at 1’22”. First among the Italians, 20th at the end, Eyob Ghebrehiwet Faniel who finished in 2h15’11 “. Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge at the age of 36 is the third ever to win two consecutive Olympic marathons. The previous two, the Ethiopian Abebe Bikila first both in Rome in 1960 and in Tokyo four years later, and the East German, Waldemar Cierpinski in Montreal ’76 and Moscow ’80.
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