Jacob Riley was 29th, clocking 2:16:26 while five-time Olympian Abdi Abdirahman was 41st in 2:18.27. The four-time Olympian never caught up with the leaders and finished eighth with a time of 2 hours, 11 minutes, 41 seconds. But when defending champion Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya made a move just past the 30K mark, six runners formed a chase group and Rupp was not part of it. Rupp, 35, stayed with the leaders, even moving to the front briefly, through two-thirds of the 26.2-mile (42.195 kilometer) race. The bronze medalist from the Olympic Games Rio 2016 wore a white baseball cap, which he would fling to the ground before each water stop and grab a new one that came with a cooling rag and some ice. TOKYO – Galen Rupp tried to keep a cool head as he competed in his second straight Olympic marathon. Galen Rupp looks up while competing in the men's marathon final at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 on Aug.
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