The previous world record for the women's race was 2:17.01, set by Mary Jepkosgei Keitany in London in 2017. The men's race was won by Kenyan Alexander Muyao. Marcel Hug won the men's wheelchair race, while Catherine DeBrunner won the women's race.
13:04, UK, Sunday 21 April 2024
Olympic champion Perez Jepchirchir won the thrilling London Marathon in a women's-only world record time.
The Kenyan turned down The Maul and kicked home to win the race in 2 hours, 16 minutes and 16 seconds. The previous world record for the women's race was 2:17.01, set by Mary Jepkosgei Keitany in London in 2017.
The four runners cheered as they ran down the final straight, with Ethiopia's Tigst Assefa in second place (2 hours 16 minutes 23 seconds), Kenya's Joycilin Jepkosgei in third place (2 hours 16 minutes 24 seconds), and Megertu.・Alemu took 4th place.
Kenya won the men's race. Alexander Muyao His time of 2:04:01 beat 41-year-old track and field great Kenenisa Bekele, who finished in 2:04:15.
Ethiopia's Bekele was aiming for his first victory in London, nearly 20 years after winning Olympic gold in the 10,000 meters, but Munyao, 27, waved off his rival with three miles to go.
Britain's Emil Careless was third with a time of 2:06:46, and fellow athlete Mahamed Mahamed was fourth with a time of 2:07:05.
Marcel Hug, 38, won the men's wheelchair race for the fourth time in a row with a time of 1 hour 28 minutes 33 seconds. This is the fifth time in total that a Swiss has won this race.
American Daniel Romanchuk took second place with a time of 1 hour 29 minutes 06 seconds, and Britain's David Weir, competing in his 25th consecutive London Marathon, took third place with a time of 1 hour 45 minutes 51 seconds.
Another Swiss won the women's wheelchair race by a large margin. katherine debrunerbroke the course record and won in 2022.
The 29-year-old finished the race in 1 hour 38 minutes 54 seconds, with Switzerland's Manuela Schaal second in 1 hour 45 minutes 00 seconds.
American Tatiana McFadden finished 3rd (1 hour 45 minutes 51 seconds), while Boston Marathon winner Eden Rainbow Cooper finished 6th in 1 hour 50 minutes 39 seconds, making her the highest finish by a British athlete. became.
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