World's greatest marathon runner Eliud Kipchoge takes a TAXI to the finish line in Paris after he was forced to walk and then quit the race<br />Eliud Kipchoge is seen stopping during the Paris Olympic marathon, allowing the last-placed runner to overtake him before Kipchoge drops out and enters a van<br /><br />Eliud Kipchoge bowed out of the race by handing out his shoes and socks to fans<br />The two-time Olympic gold medalist was reduced to walking before quitting <br />He allowed the last-placed athlete to get past him as viewers showed their love <br /><br />Eliud Kipchoge, the world's greatest marathon runner, took a taxi to the finish line after quitting the event at the Paris Games.<br /><br />The two-time Olympic gold medalist, competing at the age of 39, stopped to allow last-placed Ser-Od Bat-Ochir to overtake him after 31 kilometres.<br /><br />He handed his shoes and socks to fans lining the road as the crowd cheered and clapped before disappearing into an Olympic van, perhaps the last glimpse of a legend at the Games. <br /><br /><br />Kipchoge had been in the leading pack in the first 10k and dropped back to around a minute behind the frontrunners at the half-way mark. He was one of 10 runners unable to finish.<br /><br />Ethiopian Tamirat Tola claimed gold with an Olympic record time of 2:06:26, with Great Britain's Emile Cairess missing out on a podium spot by 27 seconds in fourth.<br /><br />
