GB's Cairess fourth as Tola wins Olympic marathon

Ethiopia's Tamirat Tola dominated nan men's marathon successful Paris to triumph successful an Olympic grounds clip arsenic Team GB's Emile Cairess vanished fourth.

Tola stormed up to seal triumph successful 2 hours six minutes and 26 seconds, beating nan erstwhile grounds - group by Kenya's Samuel Wanjiru successful 2008 - by six seconds.

Belgium's Bashir Abdi (2:06.47) vanished 2nd to upgrade his bronze from Tokyo successful 2021, while Benson Kipruto of Kenya (2:07:00) was third.

Cairess had been 2nd astatine nan 30km mark, but dropped backmost to sixth earlier finishing powerfully to overhaul 2 rivals and declare 4th successful 2:07.29.

However, location was disappointment for two-time defending Eliud Kipchoge who was incapable to decorativeness nan title aft struggling towards nan backmost of nan field.

The 39-year-old Kenyan, who was attempting to go nan first three-time Olympic marathon champion, pulled retired pinch conscionable complete 10km remaining.

Cairess' British team-mates Phil Sesemann and Mahamed Mahamed vanished 46th and 57th respectively.

Tola, a world champion successful 2022, only entered nan marathon 2 weeks agone owed to an wounded to his Ethiopian team-mate Sisay Lemma.

The 32-year-old surged into nan lead astatine nan halfway shape and gradually extended his advantage arsenic nan Eiffel Tower came backmost into sight.