THE KENYAN IS HUNG THE GOLD AND BATI OLYMPIC RECORD
Wanjiru is crowned in the marathon at a feverish pace
Samuel Wanjiru Kenya gave his first gold medal in an Olympic marathon with a win worked from the start in Tiananmen Square and topped with a attack four kilometers from the irresistible target for the Moroccan Gharib, double world champion.
Samuel Wanjiru crosses the finish line (AFP)
Wanjiru was presented at the finish of the stage with a time of 2h.06: 32, Olympic record, followed by Gharib in 2h07: 16 and to Ethiopian Kebede, who beat compatriot Merga already inside the stadium, 2h.10: 00. Wanjiru
hostilities broke from the start. With 24 degree heat and 52 percent humidity, spent 5 km. at 14:52 and formed a lead group and was reduced to a dozen riders, including English Chema Martínez and Julio Rey. Hacks
everywhere
The pace of Wanjiru, the author of three half-marathon world records, reduced the leading group of eight: seven African and shaved Chema Martinez, who came forward to 10 km. at 29:25. In the second step of Tiananmen, next to the portrait of Mao, Africans have stepped up their offensive to stop the intruder behind Martinez. For behind the lead group arrived Goumri and the Ethiopian Tsegay Kebede, winner of this year in Paris.
At km. 15, with Martin Lel in the lead (44:36), Wanjiru took another pull and Chema stay again, this time without fail. The twenty-mile road had five in his head: Wanjiru, which passed in 59:10, Lel, Gharib, Ethiopian and Eritrean Deriba Merga Yonas Kifle. Covered the half marathon in a part-1h02: 34, very fast for the conditions of the race. Baldini was 4 minutes.
At the km. 30 (1h29: 14) Merga was up with Wanjiru and Gharib, who stayed in all strains and the couple returned in front loosened. By km. Wanjiru and Merga 35 (1h44: 37) could still hear the panting of Gharib, a few meters behind, but who stayed below was the Ethiopian, defenseless against the strength of the Moroccan Wanjiru while delivery terms. Chema
finished sixteenth
But from km. 38 Wanjiru banished all doubts. Gharib surrendered to a sustained attack, looked back and could breathe easy in the past kilómetros.Por hand, Chema Martinez eventually settling for the sixteenth position after a courageous attitude at the start of the race.
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