Official Paris Olympic marathon men’s thread - race 2 am east coast

Chase group - typical prisoner's dilemma.

Very surprisingly small number of DNFs. Only 4 so far: Garcia, Pacheco, Ozbilen, Kissa

Is tola wearing the ‘one race’ adidas shoes?

robbed of breakdance gold so hoping for marathon redemption.

tola a BEAST

I think he's a bit back from Akasaki chasing the chasers. Would take a heroic kick to snag a medal.

Yes , he is

Mantz and Young were roughly on PR pace at 35k. Guessing they'll slow a little but they'll still run a good time

Is Tola still expanding the lead at 27 seconds? Could be a legendary race

Unpatriotic to DNF at the Olympics where you are running for the hopes and dreams of your fellow countrymen.

13:30 final 5k for Mantz incoming

geleta down

Wait, now Abdi is making a surge! Can he close here at the end?

I knew Tamirat would win. I tola so.

Abdi make a break for silver

I'm going to lose my mind if Tola breaks the Olympic record on a course like this

Shiiit, Abdi may catch him

Tola slowing? or just the water station effect?

The hilliest world major is a third as hilly as this. This is clearly a massive outlier from the premier courses of the sport. Most people don’t switch to the marathon anticipating running races like this, so the stay on the track comment is ridiculous