Olympics: Ethiopia's Tamirat Tola wins Paris men's marathon

Ethiopia's Tamirat Tola broke away from the leading group after the 28-kilometer mark and cruised to a 21-second victory in Saturday's Paris Olympics men's marathon.A 10,000-meter bronze medalist in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, the 32-year-old struck gold in his Olympic marathon debut, finishing in an Olympic record of 2 hours, 6 minutes, 26 seconds."I'm happy because I fulfilled my goal. I trained hard," said Tola, who won the 2022 athletics world championships marathon but only raced in Paris after being called up to replace an injured teammate.Tokyo Olympic bronze medalist Bashir Abdi of Belg…READ FULL ARTICLE