Naert reaches Olympic limit after 6th place in Rotterdam

The Olympic limit is 2 hours 8 minutes and 10 seconds. Koen Naert’s personal best is 31 seconds lower. He ran that time in 2019, also in Rotterdam. But this year he is doing even better. Halfway through, Naert comes through in 1 hour 3 minutes and 13 seconds, and in the second half he hardly knows any decline. With a final time of 2 hours 6 minutes and 56 seconds, he finished sixth, just over three minutes behind Bashir Abdi, who remains 12 seconds above his European record.