Morhad Amdouni, who was slammed after cameras caught him knocking down a line of drinks before grabbing the last one, blamed 'slippery' bottles for the incident.
The 33-year-old insisted that 'it is clear I am trying to get one from the beginning of the row' but was unable to grab hold because the bottles are 'soaked in water.'
Amdouni, who ultimately finished 14th in a race which saw 31 competitors drop out in scorching heat, also hit out at what he called 'sterile polemics' blaming him.
Posting on his Facebook page, Amdouni uploaded a video which shows a zoomed-in segment of his hand trying to grab the bottles which he says proves his innocence.
Alongside the footage, he wrote: 'To put an end to all the sterile polemics in the video, I put this video to actually understand what happened. 'To guarantee freshness to the bottles, these are soaked in water. Which makes them slippery. 'It is clear that I am trying to get one from the beginning of the row but these slide when we barely touch them.'
The incident occurred during the 26-miles race in Sapporo during the closing stages of the Tokyo Games.
Kenyan Kipchoge finished first with a commanding performance, winning his second straight gold medal and cementing his place among the all-time greats of the sport.
Abdi Nageeye of the Netherlands took silver and Belgium's Bashir Abdi won bronze.
BREAKING: The Gold medal for biggest d*ckhead of the Tokyo Olympics goes to French marathon runner Morhad Amdouni who deliberately knocks over all the water for his fellow competitors…Unbelievable! pic.twitter.com/D4IwmlAHlL
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) August 8, 2021
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