The men's marathon at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 22 August.

[1][2] The name Gebrselassie is familiar in running circles, but this race was won by Haile's sound alike Ghirmay Ghebreslassie from a different country, neighboring Eritrea.

The early leader was Ser-Od Bat-Ochir, then Daniele Meucci and Ruggero Pertile getting camera time to the half way mark while the favorites including defending champion Stephen Kiprotich stayed slightly off the pace.

As he watched two Kenyans drop out and other favorites struggle, Ghebreslassie decided to set loose at 34 km.

Running relaxed and fast like an exuberant teenager, he was handed an Eritrean flag as he entered the stadium.