The men's

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on 22 August. The name Gebrselassie is familiar in running circles, but this race was won by Haile's sound alike Ghirmay Ghebreslassie from a different country, neighboring Eritrea. Not only was he the youngest winner of a World Championship marathon, he was the first gold medalist for his country ever. The early leader was Ser-Od Bat-Ochir, then

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and Ruggero Pertile getting camera time to the half way mark while the favorites including defending champion

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stayed slightly off the pace. Ghebreslassie marked the more experienced runners.

Tsepo Ramonene Tsepo Ramonene Mathibelle (born 30 June 1991) is a long-distance runner from Lesotho. Mathibelle took up running aged 14. He ran his first marathon in 2012 and qualified for the 2012 Olympics. He ran his second marathon at the Olympics and fin ...

made a breakaway at 25 km opening up a 30-second lead. As he watched two Kenyans drop out and other favorites struggle, Ghebreslassie decided to set loose at 34 km. Over the next couple of kilometers, he made up the gap and passed Ramonene with authority. But a couple of kilometers later

Yemane Tsegay Yemane Adhane Tsegay (born 8 April 1985) is an Ethiopian long distance runner who specialises in the marathon. He won the 2012 Rotterdam Marathon with a personal best time of 2:04:48 hours. He has also won marathons in Eindhoven, Gyeongju, ...

passed Ghebreslassie. Tsegay's lead only lasted two minutes until Ghebreslassie took the lead for good. Over the final kilometers, he extended his lead to 40 seconds. Running relaxed and fast like an exuberant teenager, he was handed an Eritrean flag as he entered the stadium. He held his flag but kept on running past the finish line until officials were able to tell him he was done. “I’ve never finished in a stadium before.” Behind him, in comparison, Tsegay,

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and the other runners finished looking as if they had just finished a marathon.

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

Qualification standards

Schedule

Results

The race was started at 07:35.Final results
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References

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