Both runners were born in Somalia and Abdi has previously described the Dutchman Nageeye as a “good friend”. The pair combined to ensure that Kenya were denied a one-two, with Lawrence Cherono run out of the medals after Eliud Kipchoge had stormed to a solo victory. You want it? We have it. Stream every Olympic event live on discovery+.
Dutch runner Abdi Nageeye and Belgian Bashir Abdi put Benelux border rivalries aside to combine to overhaul fancied Kenyan Lawrence Cherono at Tokyo 2020.
Abdi and Nageeye collaborated to claim Olympic marathon medals in strange, but brilliant, scenes in Sapporo.
The running duo are both Somali-born and Abdi has previously described Nageeye as a “good friend”.
