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Ethiopian runner Tamirat Tola wins men's marathon at Paris Olympics to end Kenya dominance
Read full article: Ethiopian runner Tamirat Tola wins men's marathon at Paris Olympics to end Kenya dominanceEthiopian runner Tamirat Tola won the men’s marathon at the Paris Olympics to end Kenya’s dominance of the race.
Abrahamson: Doubters, critics, skeptics -- the Games are a wrap, and from the athletes, thanks
Read full article: Abrahamson: Doubters, critics, skeptics -- the Games are a wrap, and from the athletes, thanksThe Tokyo 2020 Summer Games drew Sunday to an end, an Olympics that began as a bet countering controversy and considerable fear — could they come off — and closed with the bet won. The Games happened. And for 16 days, just as it should be, the athletes of the world commanded center stage.
Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge repeats as Olympic men's marathon champ
Read full article: Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge repeats as Olympic men's marathon champAppearing impossibly stronger as the race wore on, Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya on Sunday added to his constantly growing legend by dominating in the heat and humidity at Sapporo Odori Park to add the men's marathon gold at the Tokyo Olympics to the gold he won at Rio 2016.
Kipchoge defends marathon gold, cementing title as greatest ever
Read full article: Kipchoge defends marathon gold, cementing title as greatest everEliud Kipchoge of Kenya becomes just the third man in history to win two Olympic marathon titles, joining Ethiopia's Abebe Bikila, 1960-1964, and East Germany's Waldemar Cierpinski, 1976-1980.
Elite women cite training limits in London Marathon buildup
Read full article: Elite women cite training limits in London Marathon buildupIn this image issued by London Marathon Events, Kenya's Edith Chelimo, right, trains in the grounds of the official hotel and biosecure bubble in London, Monday Sept. 28, 2020, ahead of the elite-only 2020 London Marathon on Sunday Oct. 4. (Bob Martin/London Marathon Events via AP)Kenyan runner Brigid Kosgei isn't expecting to lower her world record in Sunday's London Marathon, not with her training limited by the coronavirus pandemic. Kosgei topped her London victory last year by winning the Chicago Marathon in a world record time of 2 hours, 14 minutes, 4 seconds. The London Marathon has been reduced to elite runners only and will have no spectators because of the pandemic. Tokyo was the only other World Marathon Major to be held in 2020 after Boston, Berlin, Chicago and New York all canceled.
The Latest: Berlin Marathon canceled because of virus
Read full article: The Latest: Berlin Marathon canceled because of virusThe Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:___This year's Berlin Marathon has been canceled following months of uncertainty caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The marathon was scheduled for Sept. 27. The Berlin Marathon is one of the fastest in the world. It will be the first year with no Berlin Marathon since the race was founded in 1974. The announcement came on the same day that the New York City Marathon was canceled.