About two hours after Dublin Marathon participants started their 42.2km journey from Leeson Street Lower, wheelchairs were brought to the finish line as a precaution, alongside a stretcher flanked by medical staff.
Amid the chaos at the finish line, staff frantically urged those waiting just beyond the crossing on Mount Street Upper to move back to make way for the runners about to arrive.
Within minutes, American Daniel Mesfin jolted past the finish line. He proceeded to wobble and became the first of countless participants to vomit after achieving their goal.
Soon after, he he said he had achieved his personal best time (2:08.51), despite the weather being “very windy” and “cold”.
The remaining participants of the 44th Irish Life Dublin Marathon,
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