Scotland's Callum Hawkins 'gutted' after missing out on marathon medal at World Championships
The 27-year-old finished fourth in the race for the second year in a row
Scotland's Callum Hawkins has claimed his second successive fourth place in the marathon at the World Championships.
The 27-year-old, who finished in two hours, 10 minutes and 57 seconds, had been leading through 40 kilometres and looked like he could claim the win, but went on to miss out on a medal by just six seconds.
Ethiopia's Lelisa Desisa took gold in two hours, 10 minutes and 40 seconds, while his countryman Mosinet Geremew claimed silver and Amos Kipruto of Kenya finished third.
Hawkins said after the race in Doha that he was “gutted”.
“Maybe I just gave too much in the middle stages. But I couldn't do any more,” he added.
Hawkins revealed prior to the race that he had been training by running on a treadmill with heaters in his garden shed, after he collapsed while leading the marathon at last year's Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast because of the heat.