Amane Beriso Shankule of Team Ethiopia competes during the Women’s Marathon

Athletics: Lead group of five start to pull away

That monster hill has done its job in terms of seperating the lead athletes from the main pack, but now each runner will have to deal with the extreme opposite: a sharp decline that must be hell on the quads.

The result is a group of nine out in front, with Jepchirchir still in contention.