Hot New Updates:Olympics Men's Marathon: Eliud Kipchoge Wins Gold For Kenya As GB's Callum Hawkins Finishes 9th
Favourite Eliud Kipchoge adds victory to London Marathon
GB's Callum Hawkins finishes ninth
Ethiopia's Lilesa takes silver ahead of USA's Galen Rupp
Humidity reached 90 per cent during race
What a race
Was it ever in doubt? Kipchoge
barely looked flustered at any point in the race and when he broke away
his challengers fell away one by one until he was left alone at the
front. Truly exceptional.
Well done Callum Hawkins, too. A brilliant race from the Scot.
Hawkins finishes seventh
An incredible run from
24-year-old Callum Hawkins, who has finished the Rio Olympics marathon
in ninth place, three minutes behind Kipchoge.
Lilesa holds on
Ethiopia's Lilesa clings on to second under pressure from Rupp, but that is some achievement from the American to take bronze.
Kipchoge wins gold!
Kipchoge crosses the line in first place
Kipchoge moves into the home straight
700m to go...
Callum Hawkins news!
And it's good news! GB's Hawkins has overtaken 5 people and is now in seventh place. What a run from the Scot!
A second wind for Rupp
In third place, he is still
looking over his shoulder, but the big American looks like he might just
be able to hold off Ghebreslassie.
Is Ghebreslassie coming back into this?
Ghirmay Ghebreslassie, the
20-year-old reigning world champion, is leading the group battling for
fourth, and he is actually gaining ground on Rupp in third and Lilesa in
second. The race for gold is as good as over, but the medals might
still be up for grabs.
There's no keeping up with Kipchoge
He's on his own, clear of Lilesa
and Rupp, who just can't keep going at that pace. The Kenyan has upped
the speed for the last few km and he is 10 seconds clear now. Lilesa is
second and Rupp is third. He is slowing, though, and keeps checking over
his shoulder.
He is paying the price for trying to keep up with Kipchoge and he is by no means guaranteed a medal at this point.
Hawkins is out of it
But he's still going well and is well in with a chance of a top 10 position. He's 12th with about 7km to go.
Another one falls away!
Lilesa can't keep up and all of a
sudden he's lost pace with Kipchoge. Only Rupp and Lilesa remain
alongside the London Marathon winner. How much longer can they last?
Kipchoge ramps the pressure up
Eliud Kipchoge, favourite to win
the race before it started, is testing his competitors by increasing the
pace. Surely enough, one by one, they are falling away. A group of
seven swiftly drops to four: Kipchoge, Rupp and two Ethiopians in
Berhanu and Lilesa.
And just like that
Seven runners have moved clear of
the other four in that front group. It's three Kenyans, two
Ethiopians, one Ugandan and the big America Galen Rupp. Here he is
pictured earlier before the breakaway.
