Eluid Kipchoge DNFed the 2024 Olympic Marathon

Do you realize he just ran a 2:02 this year. Show me any American running close to that in 2024. You’re saying give it up bc he had a bad race?

What point in the race did he drop out?

He may be weak on hills but it looked like he was nursing a hip or maybe sacrum injury from pretty early on in today’s race.

Can you be GOAT if you suck on hilly courses? Seems to me GOAT should be good on all types of courses.

Yeah I hope we see him at Boston/NY a few times to round out his career. KB has had some good master's results. Maybe he can pull off a couple more good ones. Dk how much that interests him. Interesting to hear them announce no LA now. Obviously he'd be 43 then but it almost sounds like he might be done racing. He doesn't need to prove anything.

He should do NY to get his six star!

I'm just hoping he keeps going because I'm afraid of getting older, and I want to see him keep doing amazing stuff

If that's true then such a huge drop off either means 1. injury, 2. overtraining or 3. stopped taking drugs (if he was taking them in the first place)

All types of courses across all types of distance and all types of age.

I watched it life. I saw him grab his left hip area several times. Who knows.

*live

Yup

Yep. I stayed up to watch it live. He fell off the lead pack early on. He hadn’t even reached the hills yet. He was shown on camera grabbing at his left side, hip/lower back area, kind of looked like he was working out a side stitch. At that point he was already way behind.

Also, that was such a stupid course. Whoever thought that it was a good idea to send them up and down those hills needs to be fired. 10% grade???

I would have loved if I could have bet on Kipchoge dropping out and/or him not medalling, those were nearly lock bets.

Exactly man show some respect man! Did you even watch the race?
That course was brutal in hot and humid conditions.
it doesn’t mean he is done, his hip was bothering him after the first ascent. He might not like to race on hills, to each his own😉
You might see him in Chicago in Fall.

Not very hot, just a little hot. Not very humid either. Tola ran a new Olympic record, so definitely not brutal course nor brutal conditions. Kipchoge just don’t like hills in combination with a bad day and maybe injury.

apologies if posted already

olympics.com

Eliud Kipchoge announces the end of his Olympic career after 'worst marathon'

@olympics

The Kenyan says he won't compete at another Olympics after failing to finish a race for the first time in his storied career at Paris 2024.

Link:olympics.com/en/news/paris-2024-athlet...

Don’t be afraid of getting older, but be realistic. I know this - I’m still running, albeit slowly at 71 (see screen name). Don’t lament - reinvent!

Pathetic loser.