Hawkins finished fourth, as he did at
London worlds in 2017Lelisa Desisa took gold for Ethiopia in a time 2:10.40Callum Hawkins, the Scottish marathon runner who prepared for the brutal heat of Doha by training in his garden shed stacked with heaters from Aldi, produced the race of his life to come close to a major shock at the world championships. The 27-year-old looked to be slipping back in the midnight marathon after two thirds of the race, dropping 33 seconds behind the leaders after 18 miles. But then he produced a surge to close - and then catch his rivals - with over a mile remaining.
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