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Hassan too is steps behind daang

I like the greats to be great, so if both EK and Hassan lay an egg, that will be sad.

Never mind lol

A little naive to think an athlete who first became world champion in 2003 would still be winning major events 21 years later. Some of the field weren't even born then.

Could still be some blowup, but concerning seeing Kipchoge falling further back

Hassan is never a mid-pack runner so don’t signal the alarm just yet.

Cheptegei said it best the Marathon doesnt respect people ..but its still only halfway lets wait and see

Do we think Kipchoge will finish? This is sad to see

Still, when you see it live, it’s painful to watch as a fan.

Sutume will need a slight negative split to get what she needs: a quicker time than degefa had in Valencia

Almost looks like hes dropped out.

Yeah, I'm thinking this isn't just "I'm saving myself" territory, it's "about to step off" territory.

I can't see him finishing this race at this point after how quick he's dropped back

Interesting fact that Kipchoge has never beaten Benson Kipruto, this is his 3rd try today. Is Benson the only guy to have beaten Kipchoge twice in marathon?

His form still looks ok, but he also looked ok in boston as he was dropped

Yeah... kichoge is not even visible in distance behind lead pack. Must be 30 seconds behind, although they would still almost be on wr pace...

Well Hassan still is more connected than she was in London at this point in the race!

56 seconds back, Kipchoge looked drained on the turn around

It is AMAZING, His Greatness can not ne questioned even if he never races again, (Though I hope it is just a bad patch or bad race Today and he runs Great again)