Thonakal Gopi: In 2016, Thonakal Gopi entered his first marathon to pace another runner for 30km; he kept running, qualified for the Rio Olympics and a decade later remains one of India’s fastest
Gopi’s first marathon was meant to be a 30km pacing job. There are moments in an athlete’s career that are carefully planned, trained for and anticipated for years. And then there are moments that simply happen. For Thonakal Gopi, one of Indian athletics’ most enduring marathon runners, the road to the Olympics began with a…
