Peres Jepchirchir won the London Marathon in a women’s only record time of 2:16:16, while fellow Kenyan Alexander Mutiso Munyao won the men’s race in 2:04:00.
Jepchirchir, 30, finished narrowly ahead of Ethiapian Tigst Assefa (2:16:23) in second and Joyciline Jepkosgei (2:16:24), also of Kenya, in third.
All three racers’ time bettered the previous women’s only record of 2:17:01 set by Mary Keitany at London in 2017.
Assefa’s time of 2:11:53, set in a mixed gender race at the 2023 Berlin Marathon, remains the standard women’s world record.
Men’s champion Munyao, 27, finished ahead of 41-year-old three-time Olympic long distance champion Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia (2:04:14) in second and Briton Emile Cairess, who finished third with a personal best of 2:06:46.
Men’s champion Munyao (Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images)
Ahead of the race, tributes were paid to 2023 men’s champion and course record holder Kelvin Kiptum following his death in February at the age of 24. The world record holder, who became the first man to run under 2:01 in a record-eligible marathon in Chicago last October, died in a car accident in his native Kenya.
Women’s champion Jepchirchir finished third at London last year and Sunday’s victory is her third major marathon win,…
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