The race was held in Sapporo because it was supposed to be cooler than Tokyo, but the temperature at race time in Sapporo was 79 degrees with 81 percent humidity and some wind. He hoped to join Frank Shorter (gold in 1972, silver in 1976) as the only Americans to win two marathon medals. Kipchoge became the third man to win two Olympic marathon golds, joining Abebe Bikila of Ehtiopia (19) and Waldemmar Cierpinski of East Germany (19).Ī day after Molly Seidel unexpectedly won the bronze medal to become the third American woman to reach the podium in the marathon, expectations were high for Rupp. Abdi Nageeye of The Netherlands was second (2:09:58) followed by Bashir Abdi of Belgium (2:10:00) as they outkicked Lawrence Cherono of Kenya (2:10:02) in a battle for the silver and bronze medals. Kenya’s Kipchoge raced the last stretch alone, crossing the finish line Sunday morning in Sapporo, about 500 miles north of Tokyo, with a time of 2:08:38, which was well off his world record of 2:01:39 set in Berlin in 2018. Jacob Riley was 29th, clocking 2:16:26 while five-time Olympian Abdi Abdirahman was 41st in 2:18.27. The four-time Olympian never caught up with the leaders and finished eighth with a time of 2 hours, 11 minutes, 41 seconds. But when defending champion Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya made a move just past the 30K mark, six runners formed a chase group and Rupp was not part of it. Rupp, 35, stayed with the leaders, even moving to the front briefly, through two-thirds of the 26.2-mile (42.195 kilometer) race. The bronze medalist from the Olympic Games Rio 2016 wore a white baseball cap, which he would fling to the ground before each water stop and grab a new one that came with a cooling rag and some ice. TOKYO – Galen Rupp tried to keep a cool head as he competed in his second straight Olympic marathon. Galen Rupp looks up while competing in the men's marathon final at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 on Aug.
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