Crowds cheer 20k across the finish line

Crowds 10ft deep cheered as runners completed the final stretch of yesterday’s Dublin Marathon.

And it was a close enough finish for the men’s title as less than six seconds separated the first three runners.

Kenyan Bernard Rotich broke the tape with a time of 2:15:52, ahead of Ukraine’s Yurii Ruskyuk, and Ethiopia’s Asefa Legese Bekele, who clocked 2:15:55 and 2:15:58 respectively.