The marathons were the only events to take place today as the Games in the South Korean city came to a close, with Ethiopian born Bekele, an Asian Games gold medallist over 10,000 metres in 2013, coming out on top with a time of 2 hours, 15 minutes and seven seconds.

Poland's Marcin Chabowski followed him for the silver medal in a time of 2:15.37 and Kenya's Linus Chumba was the bronze medallist in 2:16.51.

Another Kenyan, William Chebor, just missed out on a medal as he came fourth in 2:17.00 with Henryk Szost of Poland further back in fifth with a time of 2:17.43.

Chabowski and Szost's contributions were key to Poland winning the overall team title with a combined time of 6:51.23, ahead of the Ecuador team which clocked 7:07.23.

The Kenyans did enough for bronze with a time of 7:08.00.

Meanwhile, Lewandowska's winning time was 2:31.25 as she edged out China's Ma Yugui, who timed in at 2:31.40, for the gold medal.

Poland claimed another medal with Monika Stefanowicz's 2:32.20 enough for bronze and earning two spots on the podium meant the country completed a double in the team competition with an overall time of 7:41.32.

China were the silver medallists in 7:52.09 with the United States third in 8:49.05.



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