Hungarian Kristof Rasovszky won gold in the 10 km marathon at the Olympic Games in Paris on Friday.
Rasovszky clocked 1h 50m 52.7s and finished 2.1s ahead of Germany’s Oliver Klemet in the race on the Seine River.
Hungary won another medal and David Betlém won the bronze.
Rasovszky, the reigning world champion and silver medalist from Tokyo, took the initiative early and took the lead in the second lap.
The 27-year-old traded the lead with Germany’s Florian Wellbrock, the defending champion, but then came out on top from the battle and took a commanding lead at the 6.6km mark.
As Wellbrock weakened to finish eighth, fellow German Klemet accepted the challenge and pulled away from the pack to chase down Rasovszky.
But the Hungarian, nicknamed ‘The Balaton Shark’, had the energy and tactical skills to hold on to his advantage until the finish at the Pont Alexandre III bridge. Countryman Betlém produced a late burst to push Italian Domenico Acerenza into third.
