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Tamirat Tola is an Ethiopian Olympic and world champion long-distance runner who competes in track, road and cross country events. He won the marathon at the 2024 Paris Olympics, setting an Olympic record, and the bronze medal in the 10,000 metres at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Aug 10, 2024 · Tamirat Tola, a late replacement in the Olympic team, clinched the men’s marathon gold in difficult conditions that saw Eliud Kipchoge drop out. The 32-year-old Ethiopian achieved his dream of winning the first gold medal for his country at these Games in 2:06:26.
Tamirat TOLA, Ethiopia - Marathon, Half Marathon.
Aug 10, 2024 · Tola Tamirat of Ethiopia ran the race of his life to win Paris 2024 marathon gold on Saturday (10 August) with a new Olympic record of 2:06:26 as Kenyan legend Eliud Kipchoge failed to defend his title.
Wife, Dera Dida (athletics), 2019 World Cross Country silver medallist, winner of the 2023 Dubai marathon in 2:21:11. Personal best of 2:19:24 at the 2023 Berlin marathon (third). Brother, Abdisa Tola (athletics), winner of the 2023 Dubai marathon in 2:05:42.
Aug 10, 2024 · Tamirat Tola, called into the Ethiopian team as a late replacement, won the men’s marathon title in an Olympic record of 2:06:26 in brutal heat and humidity over a course of hugely demanding hills, with Belgium’s Bashir Abdi earning silver in 2:06:47.
Aug 10, 2024 · Aug 10, 2024. They went out slow and came home fast, and when it was over, and Tamirat Tola of Ethiopia was sprinting through the plaza and Invalides, the Olympic marathon once more proved why it...
