25 athletes give up while competing for the world men's marathon championship

85 runners participating in the world marathon final had to compete in extreme weather conditions, with the temperature gradually increasing to nearly 30 degrees Celsius and humidity up to 77%. This is the reason why 25 legs give up running (DNF), not completing the 42,195 km distance. This number includes Tamirat Tola - Ethiopian runner who won a gold medal with 2 hours 5 minutes 36 seconds at the 2022 World Championships in Eugene, Oregon, USA. Tola stopped the competition at the 39th kilometer, finishing fourth.

Somali-Dutch runner, Abdi Nageeye is another name that stopped the game early, even earlier, when just past the 27 km mark. He won a silver medal in the marathon at Tokyo 2021, finished third at the New York City Marathon 2022 and holds the national record in the long distance events of 10 km, half marathon and marathon.

Then Kissa stumbled and the lead was a two-horse race between Kiplangat and Gebresilase. For the next 5 km, Kiplangat sped up and successfully separated the group, while Gebresilase fell behind 15 seconds. Foot run Uganda maintained the lead in the last 10 km and won the gold medal with 2 hours 8 minutes 53 seconds.

Kiplangat is the second Ugandan runner to win the men's marathon gold at the World Athletics Championships, after his senior Stephen Kiprotich was crowned in Moscow 2013 with 2 hours 9 minutes 51 seconds.

Kiplangat, born in 1999, competes in many events such as 5,000m, 10,000m, cross country, half marathon, marathon, mountain run, team half marathon and team mountain run. He won a gold medal in both individual and team content at the 2017 Italy world mountain run, and a team gold medal at the Andorra 2018 world mountain race.

In the marathon content, he won the gold medal at the Commonwealth Games 2022 with 2 hours 10 minutes 55 seconds, despite taking a wrong turn near the end of the stage.

"Today is my day, it's hot but the weather is favorable for me. I've had a lot of experience running in Birmingham and that has worked for me," Kiplangat said, and dedicated the win to his family, especially Especially a one month old baby.

Contrary to the leading position, the race to win the Budapest 2023 silver medal is fierce. Ethiopian-Israeli runner Marhu Teferi overtook Gebresilase in the final 400m to win silver with a personal best of 2023 (SB) of 2 hours 9 minutes 12 seconds. Gebresilase finished third with 2 hours 9 minutes 19 seconds.

"I did my best in this hot weather and am very grateful for the silver medal," said Teferi. "I want to show my best form and Budapest 2023 is the biggest goal of this season, so I'm very happy to have fulfilled my dream. I fell after the 30 km mark and tore my t-shirt, thinking I had collided with the car. someone. But I try to keep playing to finish the race with the best record."

Omar Hassan, a Danish runner competing for the refugee athletes team, finished 41st with 2 hours 17 minutes 23 seconds. Hassan admitted to having many difficulties in the first time participating in the world championship marathon, but was happy to have completed the 42,195 km distance and was confident that he would come back stronger in the coming tournaments.

The refugee team is a category in which refugee athletes can compete in the International Athletics Federation (IAAF) tournaments. The official IAAF logo is used as the team's flag.