Suzuki goes to the world title

In the night-time heat of the Qatari capital, Suzuki reached the finish line at 3.34:4 a.m. local time on Sunday morning. With a winning time of 04:20:1991 hours, it was by far the slowest race in World Championship history. In 3 in Tokyo, which was also very hot, Aleksander Potaschow (USSR) won in 53:09:XNUMX hours.

Behind Suzuki, who had already pulled away shortly after the start, the 43-year-old Portuguese Joao Vieira took silver (4:04:59), making him the oldest medalist in the history of the World Athletics Championships. Bronze went to Canadian Evan Dunfee (4:05:02).

Bronze for Italy among women Among the women, who started at the same time as the men, the Chinese Liang Rui won in 4:23:26 hours ahead of her compatriot Li Maocuo (4:26:40) and Elenonora Giorgi from Italy (4:29:13). Giorgi won the first World Cup medal for Italy in the Persian Gulf title fights.

Dramatic scenes of collapsing athletes like those seen in the women's marathon the night before were largely absent at around 32 degrees and 73 percent humidity. Nevertheless, some starters had to pay tribute to the conditions. The most prominent failures were defending champion and world record holder Yohann Diniz (41/France), who gave up before the 20 km mark, and Rio Olympic champion Matej Toth (36/Slovakia).

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Suzuki goes to the world title

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