Mok Ying Ren (centre) was one of two local elite men who was part of the group that had a 50-second head start. He and Wang Zhiyong waited for the rest of the local elite field to catch up before resuming the race. (Photo 2 © Clara Yuan/Red Sports)
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Hi, I’ve been following elite athletics for over 15 years. According to my recollection, I think chicago 2008 or 2007 had such a start where some pretty fast runners were left to start sometime later. In the end I think one of the kenyans by the name of Wesley Korir was stranded in the 2nd wave but came charging hard in the final section of the course to beat those elites who started way out in front of him. I’m not sure if he won because I cannot really remember, but I know it was documented in running news that his net time beat most other elite runners’ net times when his gun time was clearly much slower than the rest. Later is was also debated if he should be eligible for elite prize money since he didn’t register as elite but raced otherwise. So I think it is not uncommon to find this wave trend in international marathon races
Thanks for sharing, MA.
For the local races, prizes are only given out based on gun times.