Issue number 51 of New York Marathon was beaten in the men’s field by the Kenyan Evans Chebet, who scored a double for success in Boston last April, a feat no one has achieved in the past 11 years. Chebet, who turns 34 next Thursday, closed the Big Apple course in 2h08’41”, beating Ethiopian Shura Kitata (2h08’54”) and Dutchman Abdi Nageeye (2h10’31”). 2h13’29 “), second among European drivers.
The race was characterized by a great escape and a dramatic event, having as protagonist the same athlete, the Brazilian Daniel Do Nascimento, 24 years old.. The South American marathon runner, who can boast the best time ever for a non-African runner, has in fact decided to put into practice a decidedly crazy tactic: start immediately and fly to blow up the bench, scoring crazy partial scores. Do Nascimento, therefore, turned them all off after a few miles, while the group behind him wisely chose not to follow him into the New York humidity.
The Brazilian has been increasing his lead more and more, surpassing the half marathon in an off-world time of 1h01’22”, with more than two minutes of advantage over the most immediate pursuers. pace and Chebet slowly accommodates to him. is done below , halving the handicap that still remained robust At km 29 came the first sign that something was wrong, in addition to the wrong distribution of forces on the route. Do Nascimento did indeed stop for a stop at the chemical toilets, restarting after losing about twenty seconds.
It was the beginning of the ordeal for the Brazilian, who staggered once and then definitely crumble to the ground at km 32. They were terrifying images, with the athlete lying face down with no more strength and great concern around him, as Chebet flew to triumph knowing that no one could take that away from him.
Fortunately, besides retirement, Do Nascimento suffered no other consequences. However, it is not the first time that the 24-year-old has come across such a story: it had already happened to him last year at the Tokyo Olympics, when he fainted at km 25 after having also led the race.
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