Olympics-Athletics-Ethiopia's Tola storms to men's marathon gold as Kipchoge drops out


Paris 2024 Olympics - Athletics - Men's Marathon - Paris, France - August 10, 2024. Tamirat Tola of Ethiopia in action as he leads the race. REUTERS/Lisa Leutner

PARIS (Reuters) -Ethiopia's Tamirat Tola won gold in the men's marathon at the Paris Games on Saturday while Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge, who had been bidding for an unprecedented third consecutive Olympic crown, failed to finish.

Belgium's Bashir Abdi took silver, improving on his bronze from Tokyo, and Kenya's Benson Kipruto claimed bronze.

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