(He came 8th in the marathon, but broke the British record with a time of 2 hours, 8 minutes and 21 seconds. Only 4 minutes behind the winner, Kipsang Wilson from Kenya (who set a track record of 2 hours 4 minutes 29 seconds).
Of course the English press are having a field day of negativity at his expense, just because he didn't win, but he will always be a winner to me.)