Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge successfully defends Olympic marathon title

Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge successfully defended his Olympic marathon title on Sunday.

He became the first athlete since 1980 to retain an Olympic marathon title and only the third person to win successive Olympic marathons, finishing in two hours eight minutes 38 seconds.

Regarded as the greatest marathon runner of all time, the 36-year-old crossed the line one minute 20 seconds ahead of the Netherlands' Abdi Nageeye.

In the race for bronze, Belgian Bashir Abdi edged out Kenyan Lawrence Cherono.