Yes it was and I 2nd that about not spoiling it with the winner. Awesome race by Amdework.....what a performance. Same thing for Ababel. Brilliant running.

Like paula radcliffe 😂😂

aron atakilt Nahitaji kushiriki marathon

Eliud Kipchoge? He runs marathons and not half marathons. In addition he has too big a name recognition to be running in this kind of race. They wouldn't pay him enough

@@jakedones2099 u have no idea how much they pay in this race do you??? But also if he runs for money.... Then I d feel pity for him. Lol

He makes ends meet by running if you do not understand that then I am sorry for you too..of course he runs because he likes it but he gets money for it too...

@@MilanBroz ends meet by running???? 99 percent of society lives a decent life by working too. No one needs MILLIONS to do so. So basically, if u r running in races with huge prizes, it s more than just making ends meet:)

@@jakedones2099 Yu right bro. He does not play in this league

1) I fully am in awe of his 2:00:25 in a NON legal race that was set up for the attempt. He ran 4:35 per mile for a marathon, awesome. 2) He will NEVER run that fast, or faster, ever again unless it's in a similarly set-up race with pacers, a totally flat course, not turns, etc. He's def capable of breaking the world record on an eligible course, but NO WAY is he breaking 2 hours.

Steve Starr I bet you he will cuz now he knows he can.NOT COUNTING THE IAAF RULES BRO.#INSANE...

al KhaMal personally i think its pretty low

Ethiopia won in 1&2 in both male and female

She was most likely doping. She had a number of 'suspicious' blood samples. The technology wasn't there then, to catch cheats and they could slip under the radar. About 5,000 British athletes at that time, had questionable samples. There's absolutely no way she could have run that fast without some 'help'. Mary Keitany has been the most consistent female marathoner and the fastest she has managed is 2:18. Sorry if it hurts your fragile ego, but white women are nothing to write home about in the world of distance running. The fact that they don't even feature in the half marathon and struggle in a basic 10km race, tells you that Radcliffe's record is illegitimate.

We dont need your DALLARS! LOL

Dinamikos Polemistis untill ottoman came

It s not a christian temple anymore

Well, the chemists are working on that now (and don't forget, the Africans are doping now too.)

Jordan Shaw a lot of Kenyan and Ethiopian runners are being found out at last. I used to believe that certain icons were drug free I don't anymore. They have ruined the sport as far as I am concerned.

The moment black Africa pride is mentioned the allegation start typically western propaganda.

Quite a number of Kenyan and Ethiopian athletes have just been found to be doping not propaganda just facts.

Its true Jordan white men do not have the physiology to run these times.

최영균 Then train hard and maybe you will win a marathon one day and make it interesting.

I think it is a difference in ability that no other country's players are as desperate as the African players

Desperate what is your grievance cus of the colour..

African runners are strong hard workers

And they'll forget you too as they fly by your slow ass.

You're right. And that has not a thing to do with the fact that the general sporting public doesn't give a rat's ass about this great sport that once had heroes fans could relate to. At one time, the man in the street knew who Frank Shorter or Bill Rodgers was.....now, people that run a major road race couldn't name a single person that might have finished in the the top 3 of the very race they ran in.

Well learn their names then! Stop crying that Billy, Frank, or whomever isn't winning anymore and understand the game has changed. And just because they may have non-Anglo names doesn't make them any less qualified to be a champion or hero of the sport. You and many others may not seem in that light, but there are many runners training to be like them instead of comment complaining =]

Gebrselassie, Kipchoge, Tergat were/are my running heroes......but NO typical American knows (or cares) about them. People of ANY country want ONE OF THEIR OWN to win....that's normal.

Definitely.... Even with sprints (in particular the 400m) Americans are slowly losing ground to the Caribbean and Africa ( See Botswana's runners).