We then had the Tokyo Paralympics which were good indication of form. I thrive on competition and we didn't have a lot of track meets before Tokyo, and we haven't raced marathons in two years.
I hit all my goals today. Hug now moves within touching distance of Romanchuk on the Series XIII leaderboard after also scooping the eight bonus points. Both men are scheduled to race in the remaining four AbbottWMM races this season.
Athletes earn points by placing among the top five in each race during a two-year scoring period. The champions of the WMM will be the man and woman who score the greatest number of points during the two-year scoring period. The Japanese have a magnificent history and tradition in the marathon, and the Japanese people have long embraced the marathon and distance running in general. They are among the finest fans in the world for our sport.
The year-old Ethiopian did not put a step out of place for I thought one day I could win this race. Today I did it," he said afterwards. With all eyes on Bekele, Adola went about his business in the first 10km of the race as the pace rattled along underneath the world record-setting early splits recorded by Kipchoge in At 15km Bekele began to show signs of distress as he dropped off the lead group, only to regain contact following a blistering first half of It seemed the elder statesman may have displayed all his marathon wisdom to allow the leaders to set such a fierce pace before taking advantage in the second half of the race.
Adola left the decorated Olympian in his rearview mirror, only for the unheralded Bethwel Yegon to materialise behind him. The Kenyan, assigned to the second pace group by the organisers, had swept past Bekele and, for a short while, threatened to run away from Adola in the latter stages.
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