Let's get a medal together.
At the men's marathon held on the 8th, the final day of the Tokyo Olympics, one athlete just before the goal inspired the athlete behind him who was suffering and pulled out his final strength.
The two are Dutch player Abdi Nagie and Belgian player Bashir Abdi.
Both from Somalia in eastern Africa, 32 years old, they left their homeland, where the situation is still unstable, as a child and moved to Europe, where they practiced together for the Olympics.
Until the end of the race on the 8th, the two were in the second place group consisting of four people, but Abdi began to be separated at the point 800 meters remaining to the goal, and Nagie often looked back and worried. I was showing for the first time.
Then, with 200 meters remaining, Nagie spurted, and when he overtook Kenya's Lawrence Cherono in front of him and moved up to 2nd place, he said "follow me" and moved his right arm forward many times to inspire Abdi behind him. I shook it.
Abdi also ate to respond to that, and the two finished in 2nd and 3rd respectively.
After the goal, the two embraced Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge, who won the Olympic Games for the second time in a row, to celebrate each other's medals.
Abdi told Reuters that he had cramps in his right thigh with three kilometers remaining, and Nagie also noticed it and revealed that he had delayed the timing of spurting Abdi to follow him. ..
Abdi, who finished in 3rd place, said, "Nagie said,'Do your best.' Without him, the last 3km would have been difficult. I'm really happy that he was in 2nd place and I was in 3rd place." I'm talking to you.
The two men left their homeland and entered the Olympics from different countries, but the medals they won with one thought were a testament to their unchanging friendship.