The Budapest World Championships men’s marathon kicked off unexpectedly this morning in Heroes’ Square. Among the African-born favorites to take the top six spots (second Israeli Teferi is of Ethiopian descent) Half-unknown figure of Mongolian athlete revealed like rocket He said it didn’t take long to reveal land in a test won by Ugandan Victor Kiplangat.
So much so that when he passed the fifth kilometer he was running like Eliud Kipchoge (one of the biggest misses of the World Cup). less than three minutes per kilometer (14:59) and leads the large following group in 35 seconds This was fast enough to allow him to take the gold medal in about two hours and six minutes, but apparently the favorites didn’t take it seriously and knew he would fall like a ripe fruit before the first quarter of the test.
No sooner said than done. The Asian player finished the next thousand in 3:11 and progressed between six and seven in 3:14, but still wanted more victory minutes and remained the center of attention with a great run of 3:03 and 3:09. . At 20km he was still eight seconds ahead. Will it go up to 10? Definitely! Ser-Od Bat-Ochir scored a thousand points in 3:19 and beat 10 in 3:19 to take 43rd place.Just in front of the Spanish Tariku Novales.
The Mongolian player continued to lose position until he passed 72nd place in the 12th kilometer with 38:17. retreated after a few meters. He was in the focus of the cameras for almost half an hour. But… who was this gorgeous Asian runner?
Okay then, Ser-Od Bat-Ochir is 41 years old and has played in the 11th consecutive World Cup.As such, in Brece he will begin to threaten former Spanish walker Chuso García Bragado’s impressive record with 13 World Cup appearances, which he added to five Olympic Games.
his best achievements Asian marathon title in 2013 and silver medalist in 2018Victory in the Osaka Marathon in 2013, second place in the Beppu-Oita Marathon (2013), and in Fukuoka (2014) and Lake Biwa (2015), where Martín once led Fiz (three times), José Ríos two thirds. (twice) and Toni Peña.
The Mongolian footballer finished his first match in the World Cup in Paris’03 in 63rd place and his best positions are as follows: A remarkable 20th place in Daegu’11 and placed 26th in Eugene last year. He finished 51st at the Games in London’12, and his biggest disappointment was that he couldn’t complete the Tokyo Games marathon; this was something that was repeated in his only two withdrawals from a major competition in Budapest.
“Since retiring in Tokyo, I’ve already focused on Eugene and above all at the 2024 Paris Games”He was talking about having his mind focused on the seventh Olympic Games some time ago. There, García Bragado took a sigh of relief, making eight Olympic appearances. Bat-Ochir, 42, points to the event in Paris with just over a month (October 7th) left. Will it make it easier to reach the finish line and go out to imitate demonic beats? The answer is in less than a year.