Eliud Kipchoge, 36, joins Ethiopia's Abebe Bikila (1960 and 1964) and East Germany's Waldemar Cierpinski (1976 and 1980) as the only runners to win back-to-back gold medals on the Olympic stage.......
IMAGE: Kenya's Peres Jepchirchir celebrates as she breasts the tape first in the Olympics women's marathon, at Sapporo Odori Park, in Sapporo, Japan, on Saturday. Photograph: Feline Lim/Reuters......
Cramps force Gurpreet to pull out in 50km Walk. IMAGE: The 25-year-old Priyanka Goswami clocked 1 hr 32 minute 36 seconds, well outside her personal best of 1:28:45. Photograph: Kind courtesy......
'It was of course very, very difficult, especially in the second half. We saw the temperature on the building, so maybe every 10K it was one degree higher and higher.' IMAGE: Race walkers......
IMAGE: Poland's Dawid Tomala crosses the finish line first in the Olympics men's 50km Walk, at Sapporo Odori Park, Sapporo, Japan, on Friday. Photograph: Feline Lim/Reuters Poland's Dawid Tomala......