LIVE: Kiprotich, Mutai and Kiprop carry nation’s hopes

Men’s Marathon final 3.30pm – Solomon Mutai, Jackson Kiprop and Stephen Kiprotich

The Ugandan team in Rio is in exactly the same position they were at the last Olympic Games – entering the final day with no medal.

Like at London 2012, Kiprotich is the throw of the last dice only that this time he will not have the surprise element. The surprise element could actually come from his colleagues in that race Solomon Mutai and Jackson Kiprop.

Kiprotich gets a chance to join Abebe Bikila and Waldemar Cierpinski as a two-time champion in the 42.1km event.

There were fears hot weather conditions could play a big part in determining who will take the title. The day started with rains, which is ideal for nearly all runners.

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Ugandans have what it takes

Uganda will field its most experienced team when the marathon starts.The trio of Kiprotich, Kiprop and Mutai have competed at the very top level for the last five years.

Kiprotich has since London 2012 added the 2013 world title to his accolades, while Mutai  snatched bronze at the last world championships in Beijing.

Kiprop on the other hand has finished 10^th in the last two world championships.

World champion Ghirmay Ghebreslassie and Kiprotich’s training partner Eliud Kipchoge will be the men to beat.

Kenya’s Kipchoge has a 5000m silver medal from Beijing 2008 and a bronze in the same event at Athens 2004. He missed selection for London 2012 and then made the switch to marathon. He has been the outstanding road runner since then.

John Akii-Bua – Uganda’s haunted Olympic hero (on page 2)

 Start List

ORDER / LANE	BIB	ATHLETE	SB	PB
1	2387	Tesfaye ABERAETH	2:04:24	2:04:24
2	3097	Galen RUPPUSA	2:11:12	2:11:12
3	2339	Ghirmay GHEBRESLASSIEERI	2:07:46	2:07:46
4	2947	Tadesse ABRAHAMSUI	2:06:40	2:06:40
5	2390	Lemi BERHANUETH	2:04:33	2:04:33
6	2676	Stanley Kipleting BIWOTTKEN	2:03:51	2:03:51
7	2604	Daniele MEUCCIITA		2:11:08
8	2680	Eliud KIPCHOGEKEN	2:03:05	2:03:05
9	3019	Stephen KIPROTICHUGA	2:07:46	2:06:33
10	2144	Marilson DOS SANTOSBRA		2:06:34
11	2398	Feyisa LILESAETH	2:06:56	2:04:52
12	3009	Kaan Kigen OZBILENTUR	2:06:10	2:06:10
13	3079	Mebrahtom KEFLEZIGHIUSA	2:12:20	2:09:08
14	2688	Wesley KORIRKEN		2:06:13
15	2577	Mohammadjafar MORADIIRI		2:17:41
16	2054	Scott WESTCOTTAUS		2:11:36
17	3035	Oleksandr SITKOVSKYYUKR		2:09:11
18	2819	Derlys AYALAPAR	2:17:32	2:17:32
19	2494	Julian FLÜGELGER	2:17:10	2:13:57
20	2198	Eric GILLISCAN		2:11:21
21	2131	Solonei DA SILVABRA		2:11:32
22	2964	Alphonce Felix SIMBUTAN	2:09:19	2:09:19
23	2755	Roman PRODIUSMDA		2:12:31
24	2730	Lebenya NKOKALES		2:15:31
25	2746	Rachid KISRIMAR	2:13:47	2:06:48
26	2098	Willem VAN SCHUERBEECKBEL	2:22:06	2:12:49
27	2559	Thanackal GOPIIND	2:16:15	2:16:15
28	2085	Abraham NIYONKURUBDI	2:16:33	2:16:33
29	3023	Munyo Solomon MUTAIUGA	2:14:57	2:10:42
30	2992	Atef SAADTUN	2:13:51	2:13:51
31	2542	José Amado GARCÍAGUA		2:13:53
32	2007	El Hadi LAAMECHEALG	2:17:56	2:16:12
33	2821	Raúl MACHACUAYPER	2:13:26	2:13:26
34	2150	Paulo Roberto PAULABRA	2:13:58	2:10:23
35	2384	Tiidrek NURMEEST	2:17:59	2:17:59
36	3124	Jordan CHIPANGAMAZAM	2:17:39	2:11:35
37	3040	Nicolás CUESTASURU		2:15:31
38	2484	Daviti KHARAZISHVILIGEO		2:16:17
39	2220	Enzo YAÑEZCHI	2:17:35	2:17:35
40	2991	Wissem HOSNITUN	2:17:13	2:16:35
41	2823	Cristhian PACHECOPER	2:12:16	2:12:16
42	2972	Chin-Ping HOTPE	2:23:26	2:17:42
43	2762	Daniel VARGASMEX	2:15:54	2:13:06
44	2966	Boonthung SRISUNGTHA	2:24:01	2:24:01
45	2246	Kamongwa Salukombo MAKOROBONDOCOD	2:22:50	2:22:50
46	2567	Kheta RAMIND	2:17:23	2:17:23
47	2962	Fabiano JOSEPHTAN	2:17:35	2:13:24
48	2553	Gáspár CSEREHUN		2:16:30
49	2777	Mynhardt Mbeumuna KAWANIVINAM	2:23:33	2:18:25
50	2588	Ageze GUADIEISR	2:18:54	2:18:54
51	2585	Kevin SEAWARDIRL		2:14:52
52	2672	Mihail KRASSILOVKAZ		2:16:08
53	2641	Suehiro ISHIKAWAJPN	2:09:25	2:09:10
54	2963	Saidi Juma MAKULATAN	2:12:01	2:12:01
55	2940	Anuradha Indrajith COORAYSRI	2:15:19	2:13:47
56	2511	Philipp PFLIEGERGER		2:12:50
57	2281	Richer PÉREZCUB		2:17:04
58	2249	Diego COLORADOCOL	2:18:35	2:16:48
59	2591	Maru TEFERIISR	2:18:19	2:18:19
60	2943	Guor MARIALSSD	2:28:49	2:14:32
61	2356	Jesús ESPAÑAESP	2:11:58	2:11:58
62	2084	Célestin NIHORIMBEREBDI	2:15:04	2:15:04
63	2866	Ricardo RIBASPOR	2:13:21	2:13:21
64	3003	Bekir KARAYELTUR	2:15:31	2:13:21
65	2601	Stefano LA ROSAITA		2:11:11
66	2584	Paul POLLOCKIRL		2:15:38
67	2765	Byambajav TSEVEENRAVDANMGL	2:16:26	2:16:26
68	3129	Cuthbert NYASANGOZIM		2:09:52
69	2824	Raúl PACHECOPER		2:11:01
70	3119	Luis Alberto ORTAVEN	2:18:53	2:18:53
71	2330	Miguel Ángel ALMACHIECU		2:15:08
72	3018	Jackson KIPROPUGA	2:14:54	2:09:32
73	2949	Christian KREIENBÜHLSUI		2:13:57
74	2012	Hakim SADIALG	2:20:49	2:18:22
75	2026	Luis Ariel MOLINAARG		2:15:23
76	2724	Mohamed HREZILBA	2:18:40	2:18:40
77	2030	Liam ADAMSAUS	2:14:59	2:13:49
78	2096	Koen NAERTBEL		2:10:31
79	2173	Isaac KORIRBRN	2:14:52	2:14:50
80	2050	Michael SHELLEYAUS		2:11:15
81	2853	Henryk SZOSTPOL	2:12:40	2:07:39
82	2375	Roman FOSTIEST		2:17:54
83	2739	Abdelmajid EL HISSOUFMAR		2:10:35
84	2703	Ilya TIAPKINKGZ	2:19:19	2:19:19
85	2906	Sibusiso NZIMARSA	2:11:43	2:11:43
86	2060	Evans Kiplagat BARKOWETAZE		2:09:22
87	2817	Jorge CASTELBLANCOPAN	2:15:57	2:15:57
88	2163	Alemu BEKELEBRN	2:13:28	2:13:28
89	2930	Anton KOSMACSLO		2:16:23
90	3112	Andrey PETROVUZB	2:17:48	2:17:48
91	2534	Hristóforos MEROÚSISGRE		2:19:00
92	2314	Mumin GALADJI	2:14:36	2:14:36
93	2838	Artur KOZLOWSKIPOL	2:11:54	2:10:58
94	2258	Andrés RUIZCOL	2:17:39	2:17:39
95	2647	Hisanori KITAJIMAJPN	2:09:16	2:09:16
96	2331	Segundo JAMIECU		2:17:11
97	2734	Remigijus KANCYSLTU		2:15:39
98	2241	Renxue ZHUCHN	2:18:18	2:18:18
99	2773	David CARVERMRI	2:18:20	2:18:20
100	2342	Amanuel MESELERI		2:08:17
101	2888	Marius IONESCUROU	2:13:00	2:13:00
102	2868	Chol PAKPRK	2:14:11	2:12:26
103	3103	Jared WARDUSA	2:13:00	2:13:00
104	2223	Guojian DONGCHN	2:11:42	2:11:42
105	2313	Abdi Hakin ULADDEN	2:14:03	2:14:03
106	2939	Andjelko RISTICEVICSRB		2:25:51
107	2708	Myeongjun SONKOR	2:12:34	2:12:34
108	2224	DUOBUJIECHN	2:13:16	2:13:16
109	3128	Pardon NDHLOVUZIM	2:17:32	2:16:52
110	2187	Kuniaki TAKIZAKICAM		2:30:26
111	2332	Bayron PIEDRAECU		2:14:39
112	3126	Wirimai JUWAWOZIM		2:12:38
113	2117	Uladzislau PRAMAUBLR	2:15:12	2:15:12
114	2707	Jungsub SHIMKOR	2:13:47	2:13:28
115	2763	Ser-Od BAT-OCHIRMGL	2:15:56	2:08:50
116	2655	Satoru SASAKIJPN		2:08:56
117	2250	Gerald GIRALDOCOL	2:17:29	2:17:29
118	2195	Reid COOLSAETCAN		2:10:28
119	2728	Tsepo MATHIBELLELES	2:15:39	2:15:39
120	3006	Ercan MUSLUTUR	2:16:45	2:16:45
121	2764	Gantulga DAMBADARJAAMGL	2:18:52	2:18:16
122	2760	Ricardo RAMOSMEX	2:14:58	2:14:58
123	2219	Daniel ESTRADACHI	2:17:30	2:17:30
124	2590	Tasama MOOGASISR		2:15:29
125	2022	Federico BRUNOARG	2:15:40	2:15:40
126	3031	Ihor OLEFIRENKOUKR	2:13:33	2:12:04
127	2732	Valdas DOPOLSKASLTU		2:16:35
128	2897	Lungile GONGQARSA	2:17:15	2:11:59
129	2475	Tsegai TEWELDEGBR	2:12:23	2:12:23
130	2582	Mick CLOHISSEYIRL	2:15:11	2:15:11
131	2916	Ambroise UWIRAGIYERWA	2:18:26	2:18:26
132	3033	Ihor RUSSUKR		2:12:46
133	2890	Nicolae-Alexandru SOAREROU	2:18:52	2:18:52
134	2804	Sondre Nordstad MOENNOR		2:12:54
135	2533	Michael KALOMIRISGRE		2:29:30
136	2459	Callum HAWKINSGBR	2:10:52	2:10:52
137	2605	Ruggero PERTILEITA	2:12:17	2:09:53
138	3039	Martín Esteban CUESTASURU		2:16:42
139	2867	Rui Pedro SILVAPOR		2:12:15
140	2886	Yonas KINDEROT		2:17:31
141	3043	Ernesto Andrés ZAMORAURU	2:18:57	2:18:57
142	2851	Yared SHEGUMOPOL		2:10:34
143	2352	Carles CASTILLEJOESP	2:11:29	2:10:09
144	2543	Juan Carlos TRUJILLOGUA	2:18:54	2:14:21
145	2218	Víctor ARAVENACHI	2:16:20	2:16:20
146	2338	Tewelde ESTIFANOSERI		2:09:16
147	2786	Abdi NAGEEYENED		2:10:24
148	2025	Mariano MASTROMARINOARG	2:15:27	2:15:27
149	2571	Nitendra SINGHIND	2:15:18	2:15:18
150	2554	Gábor JÓZSAHUN	2:16:53	2:16:53
151	2118	Stsiapan RAHAUTSOUBLR	2:16:04	2:12:04
152	2634	Methkal ABU DRAISJOR		2:17:24
153	2091	Florent CAELENBEL		2:12:51
154	2460	Derek HAWKINSGBR	2:12:57	2:12:57
155	2892	Lusapho APRILRSA	2:11:27	2:08:32