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OVER THE CITY OF BERLIN.
WE WELCOME YOU TO THE
>>> BACK IN BERLIN AS WE GET
START FOR THE ELITE WOMEN.
ALL OF THE RACES IN THE FINITE
WINDOW JUST SHOWS THE DEPTH WE
HAVE AT ELITE MARATHON TO SEE
THE QUALITY OF THE FIELD HERE IN
BERLIN.
BERLIN.
BERLIN. >> YEAH, IT'S TRUE, PAUL.
WHEN YOU PUT ALL OF THE WORLD
MARATHON MAJORS OVER A TWO-MONTH
PERIOD IT MAKES THE ATHLETE
RECRUITING DIFFICULT.
RECRUITING DIFFICULT. VERY DIFFICULT.
VERY DIFFICULT. AND PARTICULARLY WITH THE
BUDGETS AND A LOT OF THE BUDGETS
WERE CUT BACK THIS YEAR.
PARTICULARLY WITH BERLIN, WITH
PRIZE MONEY, APPEARANCE FEES,
EVERYTHING.
EVERYTHING. BUT THESE ATHLETES ALL WANT TO T
LINE IS PREPARED. A SHOT FROM
ABOVE.
ABOVE.
ABOVE. MORE THAN 43,000 RUNNERS
COMPETED AND COMPLETED THE
BERLIN MARATHON IN THE
PRE-PANDEMIC 2019.
PRE-PANDEMIC 2019. ABOUT 25,000 OF THEM BEHIND THE
ELITES.
ELITES.
ELITES. AS THE MAYOR OF BERLIN GETS
THINGS UNDERWAY.
THINGS UNDERWAY. WE'RE BACK TO RACING IN 2021 ON
THE STREETS OF BERLIN WITH
CONTESTED.
CONTESTED. THERE WE SEE 14.
.
.
14:22.
14:22. RUNNING VERY SMOOTH.
AS THE ATHLETES GET THEIR
SPECIAL FLUIDS, TYPICALLY EVERY
5K THEY HAVE THE OPTION FOR
SPECIAL LOOKING AT HIS
WATCH.
WATCH.
WATCH. YOU NOT ONLY WANT TO THE HIT THE
SPLIT BUT YOU WANT TO HIT IT
EVEN.
EVEN.
EVEN. RUNNING TOO FAST ISN'T A GOOD
THING.
THING.
THING. YOU WANT TO BE RIGHT ON.
THE FASTEST TIMES IN HISTORY,
NATIONAL RECORDS, WORLD RECORDS
ARE ALL RUN EVEN OR NEGATIVE
SPLAT SPLITS SAME PACE
THROUGHOUT OR THE BACK HALF AS
WE SEE IN THE 10K
28:47 SO COUPLE TICKS FASTER
THAN BEKELE'S 28:53.
BACK IN 2019.
>> YEAH, THAT ACTUALLY STANDS
NOW AS THE FASTEST 10K.
TIME IN BERLIN MARATHON HISTORY,
IN A COURSE THAT'S CERTAINLY
DELIVERED SO MANY EPIC
PERFORMANCES.
PERFORMANCES. IN FACT, 12 OF THE FASTEST 20
TIMES EVER IN WORLD MARATHON
MAJOR HISTOR A NICE GROUP
>> YEAH, UP IN THAT GROUP
INCLUDES
INCLUDES
INCLUDES OF LOCAL FAVORITE, ALINA REH OF
GERMANY TOPPING THE LIST AT 10
KILOMETERS.
KILOMETERS. >> AS WE SEE,
THE MEN CONTINUE TO COME THROUGH
WE HAVE THE WINNER OF THE HAND
BIKE.
.
AS
AS NIKO
AS NIKO THAT MILAN MARATHON COURSE, IT'S A
FAST TRACK BUT NOT AS FAST AS
BERLIN.
BERLIN.
BERLIN. WE'RE TALKING PACES I LIKE THIS
2:19 -- 30ISH KIND OF EFFORT.
IF THESE WOMEN HAVE RUNNING LEFT
IN THOSE LEGS, WE SEE THE 15
IF THESE WOMEN HAVE RUNNING LEFT IN THOSE LEGS, WE SEE THE 15K
SPLIT.
SPLIT.
SPLIT. 49:32 IF THEY HAVE RUNNING LEFT
AFTER 40 MILES CAN REALLY TURN
THE SCREWS BUT GOING OUT RIGHT
AT YOUR PERSONAL BEST TIME IT'S
PRUDEN. OF THE STRETCH
WILL REACH THE HALFWAY MARK OF
THE RACE AND WILL WORK THEIR WAY
FURTHER TO THE SOUTH.
ADOLA AFTER THAT BLISTERING
EFFORT HE HAD IN HIS MARATHON
DEBUT IN 2017.
2:03.46 FINISHING JUST BEHIND
KIPCHOGE AT THE TIME.
FASTEST EVER MARATHON DEBUT,
THAT SINCE HAS BEEN ECLIPSED.
RIGHT NOW BEKELE A LITTLE BIT
BEHIND THE LEADERS.
>> AND PAUL, THIS IS A LITTLE
TELLING, TO BE TOTALLY HONEST
AFTER 20K HE COULD BE JUST
HAVING A BAD PATCH.
SOMETIMES ATHLETES GET THE BIT.
ALL OF A SUDDEN PACEMAKERS GO
MAN WE WERE UP TWO SECONDS AND
NOW 15, NOW UP 17.
THERE WE SEE 20K, 57:37 LAST
TIME AT THIS RACE
BEKELE WAS 57:58.
>> YEAH, KIPCHOGE RAN THE
FASTEST 20 KILOMETERS IN 57:56
SO THESE LEADERS UP FRONT ARE 20
SECONDS AHEAD OF WHERE KIPCHOGE
WAS AT THE T
THERE WE GO.
105.46 THROUGH 20K.
>> AND RIGHT BEHIND HER --
GEBRESLASE.
GEBRESLASE. AND HELEN TOLA IN SECOND.
FANCY CHEMUTAI.
FANCY CHEMUTAI. AND THEN GEBRESLASE.
THAT IS THE TOP FOU RUNNING 2:00
AND THEN GEBRESLASE. THAT IS THE TOP FOU RUNNING 2:0
AND THEN GEBRESLASE. THAT IS THE TOP FOU RUNNING 2:0.
THIS IS QUICK.
I BETTER GET MY BOTTLE.
AND THERE IS BEKELE, RIGHT
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. PAUL, THERE'S SOMETHING REALLY
REWARDING TOO WHEN YOU BACK OFF
A MOVE AND YOU MAKE THE
DECISION, HEY, THIS IS TOO
STRONG OF A MOVE AT THIS POINT
IN THE RACE, AND THE GUYS GO AND
THEN THEY ALL COME BACK AND WHEN
YOU REJOIN IT'S A LITTLE
DEMORALIZING FOR THE GUYS UP
FRONT THAT HAVE PUT IN THESE
QUICK RESURGES AS THEY HIT THE
25 KILOMETER MATTS.
>> 1:12.41.
>> 1:12.41. CONFIRMS OUR SUSPICIONS AS
THEY'VE SLOWED DOWN
SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE LAST COUPLE
KILOMETERS.
KILOMETERS. AS A RESULT NOW
IT'S AFFORDED THE OPPORTUNITY
FOR LENCHO TO GET BACK IN THE
RACE, AND BEKELE.
FOR LENCHO TO GET BACK IN THE RACE, AND BEKELE.NCHO,
KACHERAN AND KIPYATICH ALL STILL
IN THE MIX.
>> THE GUYS ARE RUNNING
FANTASTIC.
FANTASTIC. THE FAST, EARLY PACE ON THE
OTHER SIDE OF THE 10K, AS THEY
GOT TO THE HALF IT WAS REALLY,
REALLY RICH.
REALLY RICH. BEKELE DOESN'T HAVE THE CV HE
HAS BECAUSE HE DOESN'T KNOW HOW
TO PACE.
TO PACE.
TO PACE. HE'S VERY AWARE OF HOW FAST HE'S
RUNNING.
RUNNING.
RUNNING. HE KNOWS THIS IS A RAZOR'S EDGE
WHEN TALKING ABOUT GOING AFTER A
WORLD RECORD.
WORLD RECORD. HE'S THE GUY THAT MISSED IT BY
JUST TWO SECONDS ON THIS VERY
COURSE TWO YEARS AGO.
I SUSPECT HE LOOKED ON HIS WATCH
AND SAID, HEY, GUYS, HAVE AT IT.
IF YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING TO RUN
THIS KIND OF PACE THIS EARLY AND
SURVIVE MORE POWER TO YOU.
BUT I'M GOING IT STAY WITHIN
MYSELF.
MYSELF.
MYSELF. AND THE LAST PACEMAKER THAT
DROPPED OFF, YOU WOULD HAVE
LOVED FOR HIM TO BE HERE THROUGH
30K BUT WHEN YOU ARE RUNNING
SUB-2:01.30 PACE YOU'RE JUST
RUNNING IT RIGHT OUT OF YOUR
LEGS.
LEGS.
LEGS. HE
LEGS. HE GOT SOME INSTRUCTION FROM
MILDA TO WAIT FOR THESE GUYS AND
THEN GOT BACK IN AND SAID I'M
TAPPING OUT.
TAPPING OUT. GOOD LUCK, FELLAS.
NOW WE SEE BEKELE, THE ALPHA IN
THIS GROUP, AS ADOLA'S GOING OFF
THE FRONT, JUST LIKE WE SAW HIM
DO IN 2017 WITH KIPCHOGE.
NOT AFRAID TO RUN OFF THE FRONT.
>> BUT BEKELE THERE REJOINING
THIS GROUP.
THIS GROUP. AND HAVING FOUR SEE THE CLOCK C
INTO VIEW.
INTO VIEW. AND GEBREKIDAN IS THE LEADER.
GEBRESLASE RIGHT THERE.
SO THEY ARE THE TOP TWO.
GEBRESLASE RIGHT THERE. SO THEY ARE THE TOP TWO.OW.
>> BEKELE.
>> BEKELE. 1:27.48.
1:27.48.
1:27.48. MATCHING TIMES FOR ADOLA AND
AND BEKELE
AND BEKELE AND ADOLA
AND ADOLA
AND ADOLA AS WE GO TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF
YOUR SCREEN. FINISHING UP
ANOTHER BIG VICTORY ON THAT
BRAND NEW CHAIR IS THE SILVER
BULLE
BRAND NEW CHAIR IS THE SILVER
BULLET,
BULLET, MARCEL HUG, WON THE OLYMPIC MARATHON IN TOKYO.
AND DANIEL ROMANCHUK, THE
AMERICAN, FINISHES IN SECOND.
AND THE
AND THE
AND THE HOW DID I RUN SO WELL IN THE
FIRST ONE?
FIRST ONE? WHAT DO I NEED TO DO TO
REPLICATIO
WHAT DO I NEED TO DO TO REPLICATE THAT.
REPLICATE THAT. WE SEE HIM IN 2017.
HOW MANY TIMES HAS HE THOUGHT
ABOUT THAT.
ABOUT THAT. >> NOW KENYAN WE HAVEN'T TALKED
ABOUT TODAY BETHWEL YEGON
CLOSING IN ON A PODIUM FINISH
GOING BY BEKELE.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
WE HADN'T TALKED ABOUT HIM AT
ALL.
ALL.
ALL. THIS
ALL. THIS IS A GUY THAT YOU TALK
ABOUT LINING UP HIS PACING.
HE'S DONE A MASTERFUL JOB.
PASSING BEKELE.
PASSING BEKELE. BEKELE'S IN TROUBLE.
ADOLA LNCE.
ADOLA LNCE. YEGON WAS 8th IN THAT RACE.
RUNNING 2:08.35.
RUNNING 2:08.35. BUT THIS IS HIS FOURTH EVER
MARATHON.
MARATHON.
MARATHON. ADOLA NOW HEARING THE FOOTSTEPS,
TURNS HIS BACK AND GOES WHO ARE
YOU?
YOU?
YOU? >>
YOU? >> I
YOU? >> I SAW YOU IN THE WARM UP AREA
BEFORE THE RACE.
>> HA HA.
>> HA HA.
>> HA HA. >> HOW'D YOU GET UP HERE?
>> WELL, NOW DECISION-POINT FOR
YEGON, DOES HE DO WHAT HE DID
WITH BEKELE AND INDEED HE WILL,
NOT JUST COME ALONGSIDE ADOLA
BUT NOW TRY TO SURGE AHEAD.
ADOLA TRYING TO STAY WITH HIM
NOW.
NOW.
NOW. >>
NOW. >> AND PAUL, IN A MARATHON, IN
ANY RACE REALLY, WHEN YOU COME
UP ON A GUY,
WHAT WE LIKE TO DO IS WAIT.
YOU KIND OF SAVE UP THE SURGE.
WHEN YOU GO PAST A GUY REALLY
MAKE AN EMPHATIC MOVE BY HIM AND
TRY TO BEAT HIM MENTALLY. IF YOU
BEAT HIM MENTALLY YOU DON'T HAVE
TO BEAT HIM PHYSICALLY AND YOU
REALLY, REALLY PRESS THE PACE.
AND NOW YEGON HAS BEEN RUNNING A
LOT FASTER THAN ADOLA EVER SINCE
THE HALF.
THE HALF.
THE HALF. ADOLA'S BEEN GOING ONE WAY,
SLOWING DOWN, AND HE STAYED
STEADY.
STEADY.
STEADY. IT'S NOT EVEN THAT HE'S
AND THIS IS GREAT.
WE HAVE A RACE ON THE MEN'S
SIDE.
SIDE.
SIDE. WE
SIDE. WE HAVE A RACE ON THE WOMEN'S
SIDE.
SIDE.
SIDE. >>
SIDE. >> YEAH,
SIDE. >> YEA RK
SIDE. >> YEA, GEBREKIDAN HAS TAKEN
THE LEAD FROM GEBRESLASE.
STILL A GAP FROM THE UP FRONT.
AS WE SAW
AS WE SAW
AS WE SAW EARLIER IN THE RACE
GEBRESLASE NOW STAYING WITHIN A
STRIDE.
STRIDE.
STRIDE. AND NOW SURGES ONCE AGAIN TO THE
LEAD.
LEAD.
LEAD. ADOLA NOW WITH A SLIGHT
ADVANTAGE OVER YEGON.
DID YEGON PUT ALL OF HIS EGGS
INTO GETTING BACK INTO A
POSITION TO CHALLENGE FOR THE
LEAD.
LEAD.
LEAD. BECAUSE ADOLA NOW LOOKS STRONGER
AS HE MAKES A TURN AT 40
KILOMETERS.
KILOMETERS. >> YEAH, YEGON, YOU CAN SEE IT
IN HIS TURNOVER.
IT'S THE TASTED VICTORY.
BUT NOW ADOLA WILL HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE HIS
FIRST WIN.
FIRST WIN. ON A DAY THAT STARTED ON A
RECORD WATCH, THE PACE, FIERCE
AND FAST.
AND FAST.
AND FAST. IT BECAME A DAY OF SURVIVAL, AND
THE ONE MAN WHO SURVIVES THEM
ALL, GUYE ADOLA!
THE WINNER OF THE BERLIN
MARATHON IN 2021. --
UNDER TWO HOURS AND 20 MINUTES.
>> AS THE CROWD WELCOMES HER
HOME TO THE FINISH LINE!
GOTYTOM GEBRESLASE, THE
ETHIOPIAN.
ETHIOPIAN. IN HER MARATHON DEBUT, TAKES TO
THE STREETS OF BERLIN
COMPLETES HER FIRST MARATHON
AND MAKES IT HER FIRST WIN.
AND JOSH, THAT WILL BE THE SIXTH
FASTEST MARATHON DEBUT IN
HISTORY.
HISTORY.
HISTORY. YOU CAN SEE HER