Official Rio Olympic Men's Marathon Thread

Ward getting dropped at 1:28

Watcher. wrote:

Hello guys. Checking in. How is everybody doing?

Looks like Big Love is getting dropped

amateurhour wrote:

Idiot commentator just said the US has not won an Olympic medal since Shorter in Munich. I guess he has never heard of Meb.

Actually, the idiot announcer said the US hasn't won an Oly medal since Shorter in Montreal. But I guess people make mistakes, don't they?

anyone know if the world champ Ghirmay Geb of Eritrea is still up there?

Just 12 in the lead group now. Rupp, 3 Kenyans, 2 Eritreans, 2 Ethiopians,

Rupp now the only white runner in the lead group.

This race so far just makes me wish, yet again, that Hall and Rupp both hit their prime at the same time. It would be amazing to see a 2007 level Hall there with Rupp right now

Lead pack three Kenyans, two Ethiopians, Rupp, Swiss, Bahraini, Ugandan and two others I don't recognise yet.

world champ dropped

They show him about 5s ahead of Jared, maybe 10-15 behind (hard to say)

rojo wrote:

anyone know if the world champ Ghirmay Geb of Eritrea is still up there?

rojo wrote:

anyone know if the world champ Ghirmay Geb of Eritrea is still up there?

About 10 seconds back, struggling.

The hat switch is such classic Salazar. You don't know what to make of it. Its just weird to begin with. Nobody has seen it before. Than you start running through the questions. It raises legal questions. In the end you probably have to concede that it is legal if for no other reason the rulemakers never thought about addressing it. Ultimately you just come away annoyed.

I can almost guarantee that all the NOP doping allegations are exactly like this hat switch. It goes to show how Kara Goucher and Salazar are probably both right. When Salazar keeps doing stuff like that, you can't blame an athlete for becoming skeptical. But in the end Salazar is probably right that it is all legal. I would bet that he vetted this equipment exchange with the powers that be in Olympic marathon officiating.

rojo wrote:

anyone know if the world champ Ghirmay Geb of Eritrea is still up there?

Just got dropped

Spedding wrote:

John Brown, 4th in both Sydney and Athens.

Yep - as I said, the last Brit to do anything in the marathon was in 1984

:)

At 25k

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1 Lemi Berhanu ETH 1:18:12 0:00

2 Alemu Bekele BRN 1:18:13 +0:01

3 Cristhian Pacheco PER 1:18:13 +0:01

4 Sibusiso Nzima RSA 1:18:13 +0:01

5 Wesley Korir KEN 1:18:13 +0:01

6 Eliud Kipchoge KEN 1:18:13 +0:01

7 Ghirmay Ghebreslassie ERI 1:18:13 +0:01

8 Galen Rupp USA 1:18:13 +0:01

9 Tadesse Abraham SUI 1:18:14 +0:02

10 Jackson Kiprop UGA 1:18:14 +0:02

11 Stephen Kiprotich UGA 1:18:14 +0:02

12 Munyo Solomon Mutai UGA 1:18:14 +0:02

13 Callum Hawkins GBR 1:18:14 +0:02

14 Kaan Kigen Ozbilen TUR 1:18:14 +0:02

15 Amanuel Mesel ERI 1:18:14 +0:02

16 Stanley Kipleting Biwott KEN 1:18:14 +0:02

17 Abdi Hakin Ulad DEN 1:18:14 +0:02

18 Feyisa Lilesa ETH 1:18:14 +0:02

19 Bayron Piedra ECU 1:18:15 +0:03

20 Tewelde Estifanos ERI 1:18:15 +0:03

21 Satoru Sasaki JPN 1:18:15 +0:03

22 Jared Ward USA 1:18:15 +0:03

23 Mumin Gala DJI 1:18:15 +0:03

24 Evans Kiplagat Barkowet AZE 1:18:15 +0:03

25 Alphonce Felix Simbu TAN 1:18:15 +0:03

26 Isaac Korir BRN 1:18:16 +0:04

27 Chol Pak PRK 1:18:16 +0:04

28 Abdi Nageeye NED 1:18:16 +0:04

29 Lebenya Nkoka LES 1:18:16 +0:04

30 Guojian Dong CHN 1:18:17 +0:05

31 Lusapho April RSA 1:18:17 +0:05

32 Paulo Roberto Paula BRA 1:18:17 +0:05

33 Solonei da Silva BRA 1:18:18 +0:06

34 Cuthbert Nyasango ZIM 1:18:18 +0:06

35 Abraham Niyonkuru BDI 1:18:18 +0:06

36 Suehiro Ishikawa JPN 1:18:20 +0:08

37 Henryk Szost POL 1:18:21 +0:09

38 Eric Gillis CAN 1:18:24 +0:12

39 Reid Coolsaet CAN 1:18:25 +0:13

40 Koen Naert BEL 1:18:25 +0:13

41 Sondre Nordstad Moen NOR 1:18:26 +0:14

42 Saidi Juma Makula TAN 1:18:34 +0:22

43 Mebrahtom Keflezighi USA 1:18:37 +0:25

44 Tsepo Mathibelle LES 1:18:39 +0:27

45 Marilson dos Santos BRA 1:18:39 +0:27

46 Abdelmajid El Hissouf MAR 1:18:39 +0:27

47 Raúl Machacuay PER 1:18:40 +0:28

48 Jordan Chipangama ZAM 1:18:41 +0:29

49 Wirimai Juwawo ZIM 1:18:55 +0:43

50 Ruggero Pertile ITA 1:18:56 +0:44

51 Ricardo Ramos MEX 1:18:58 +0:46

52 Thanackal Gopi IND 1:19:00 +0:48

53 Anuradha Indrajith Cooray SRI 1:19:00 +0:48

54 Richer Pérez CUB 1:19:20 +1:08

55 Duobujie CHN 1:19:26 +1:14

56 Rachid Kisri MAR 1:19:32 +1:20

57 Mynhardt Mbeumuna Kawanivi NAM 1:19:33 +1:21

58 Stefano La Rosa ITA 1:19:45 +1:33

59 Oleksandr Sitkovskyy UKR 1:19:46 +1:34

60 Atef Saad TUN 1:19:46 +1:34

61 Artur Kozlowski POL 1:19:46 +1:34

62 Ihor Olefirenko UKR 1:19:47 +1:35

63 Florent Caelen BEL 1:19:47 +1:35

64 Daniel Vargas MEX 1:19:47 +1:35

65 Liam Adams AUS 1:19:48 +1:36

66 Marius Ionescu ROU 1:19:48 +1:36

67 Kheta Ram IND 1:19:48 +1:36

68 Ser-Od Bat-Ochir MGL 1:19:48 +1:36

69 Mohammadjafar Moradi IRI 1:19:52 +1:40

70 Raúl Pacheco PER 1:19:56 +1:44

71 Ihor Russ UKR 1:20:08 +1:56

72 Wissem Hosni TUN 1:20:08 +1:56

73 Stsiapan Rahautsou BLR 1:20:09 +1:57

74 Renxue Zhu CHN 1:20:18 +2:06

75 Pardon Ndhlovu ZIM 1:20:20 +2:08

76 Uladzislau Pramau BLR 1:20:23 +2:11

77 Hakim Sadi ALG 1:20:23 +2:11

78 Willem Van Schuerbeeck BEL 1:20:26 +2:14

79 Yonas Kinde ROT 1:20:26 +2:14

80 Miguel Ángel Almachi ECU 1:20:28 +2:16

81 Roman Fosti EST 1:20:31 +2:19

82 José Amado García GUA 1:20:33 +2:21

83 Nitendra Singh IND 1:20:42 +2:30

84 Nicolás Cuestas URU 1:20:49 +2:37

85 Michael Shelley AUS 1:20:51 +2:39

86 Mariano Mastromarino ARG 1:20:51 +2:39

87 Gerald Giraldo COL 1:20:51 +2:39

88 Martín Esteban Cuestas URU 1:20:51 +2:39

89 Daviti Kharazishvili GEO 1:20:52 +2:40

90 Víctor Aravena CHI 1:20:52 +2:40

91 Philipp Pflieger GER 1:20:52 +2:40

92 Ernesto Andrés Zamora URU 1:20:52 +2:40

93 Lungile Gongqa RSA 1:20:53 +2:41

94 Paul Pollock IRL 1:20:53 +2:41

95 Jesús España ESP 1:20:53 +2:41

96 Luis Ariel Molina ARG 1:20:55 +2:43

97 Célestin Nihorimbere BDI 1:21:18 +3:06

98 Gáspár Csere HUN 1:21:18 +3:06

99 Remigijus Kancys LTU 1:21:19 +3:07

100 Guor Maker SSD 1:21:25 +3:13

101 Juan Carlos Trujillo GUA 1:21:31 +3:19

102 Andrés Ruiz COL 1:21:34 +3:22

103 Mick Clohissey IRL 1:21:37 +3:25

104 Federico Bruno ARG 1:21:38 +3:26

105 Tiidrek Nurme EST 1:21:39 +3:27

106 Ercan Muslu TUR 1:21:40 +3:28

107 Julian Flügel GER 1:21:40 +3:28

108 Hisanori Kitajima JPN 1:21:41 +3:29

109 Carles Castillejo ESP 1:21:44 +3:32

110 Kevin Seaward IRL 1:21:51 +3:39

111 Scott Westcott AUS 1:21:51 +3:39

112 Luis Alberto Orta VEN 1:21:52 +3:40

113 Nicolae-Alexandru Soare ROU 1:21:57 +3:45

114 Jorge Castelblanco PAN 1:21:57 +3:45

115 Roman Prodius MDA 1:22:07 +3:55

116 Ilya Tiapkin KGZ 1:22:16 +4:04

117 Ricardo Ribas POR 1:22:17 +4:05

118 Kamongwa Salukombo Makorobondo COD 1:22:24 +4:12

119 Daniel Estrada CHI 1:22:24 +4:12

120 Gábor Józsa HUN 1:22:25 +4:13

121 Segundo Jami ECU 1:22:32 +4:20

122 Chin-Ping Ho TPE 1:22:39 +4:27

123 Derlys Ayala PAR 1:22:48 +4:36

124 Ambroise Uwiragiye RWA 1:22:56 +4:44

125 David Carver MRI 1:23:10 +4:58

126 Valdas Dopolskas LTU 1:23:18 +5:06

127 Mihail Krassilov KAZ 1:23:24 +5:12

128 Tasama Moogas ISR 1:23:24 +5:12

129 Enzo Yañez CHI 1:23:25 +5:13

130 Christian Kreienbühl SUI 1:23:25 +5:13

131 Maru Teferi ISR 1:23:25 +5:13

132 Mohamed Hrezi LBA 1:23:26 +5:14

133 Myeongjun Son KOR 1:23:45 +5:33

134 Rui Pedro Silva POR 1:23:53 +5:41

135 Gantulga Dambadarjaa MGL 1:23:59 +5:47

136 Yared Shegumo POL 1:24:15 +6:03

137 Ageze Guadie ISR 1:24:24 +6:12

138 Diego Colorado COL 1:24:44 +6:32

139 Derek Hawkins GBR 1:24:49 +6:37

140 Bekir Karayel TUR 1:24:52 +6:40

141 Boonthung Srisung THA 1:25:25 +7:13

142 El Hadi Laameche ALG 1:26:28 +8:16

143 Jungsub Shim KOR 1:26:32 +8:20

144 Byambajav Tseveenravdan MGL 1:26:55 +8:43

145 Anton Kosmac SLO 1:26:56 +8:44

146 Hristóforos Meroúsis GRE 1:26:59 +8:47

147 Andjelko Risticevic SRB 1:27:00 +8:48

148 Michael Kalomiris GRE 1:27:53 +9:41

149 Fabiano Joseph TAN 1:28:51 +10:39

Rupp the only white guy in the lead pack.

Those USA singlets are ugly. Looks like a cat got into their equipment bag and tore it up.

Also can someone put some nails on the side trail, I am tired of seeing people riding bikes.

For all the Galen hatred: making fun of his awkwardness, accusing/speculating he is a cheater (maybe he is/was - idk), perhaps hating him because he's good...

I CAN'T HELP but root for him now! go USA

rojo wrote:

anyone know if the world champ Ghirmay Geb of Eritrea is still up there?

He's been drpoped.

Looks like it's coming down to two Kipchoge two Ethipoians and Rupp.

A couple of random people still in there. WHo is the tiny guy?