Berhanu looked like he was going to repeat until he started looking at his watch around the 2:02 mark. Then Abera - the 2:09 guy - came back on him on the finishing straight. He only go the lead at the 2:03:10 mark and then won in 2:04:24.
Top 8 finishers.
Pos. Number Name AC Est.Finish Est.Finish Daytime Diff Time
1 23 Abera Dibaba, Tesfaye (ETH) MH - - 02:04:24
2 6 Berhanu Hayle, Lemi (ETH) MH - - 02:04:33
3 2 Mekonnen Asefa, Tsegaye (ETH) MH - 02:04:46
4 10 Lemma Kasaye, Sisay (ETH) MH - - 02:05:16
5 27 Wasihun Lakew, Mula (ETH) MH - - 02:05:44
6 16 Ayele Woldegiorgis, Abayneh (ETH) MH - 02:06:45
7 12 Kiplimo Kosgei, Samuel (KEN) MH - - 02:06:53
8 5 Regassa Dabe, Tilahun (ETH) MH - - 02:08:11
9 18 Kiplagat Rono, Thomas (KEN) MH - - 02:08:34
10 30 Teshome Bekele, Mesfin (ETH) MH - - 02:09:24
So a guy runs 2:05 and makes just 12,000. Unreal.
1st $200,000
2nd $80,000
3rd $40,000
4th $20,000
5th $12,000
6th $11,200
7th $10,400
8th $9,600
9th $8,800
10th $8,000