Olympic champion Perez Jepchier broke the women’s single world record to win a thrilling London Marathon. The Kenyans defeated the Mall at home and won in 2 hours, 16 minutes and 16 seconds.
Four players shouted loudly on the final straight, with Ethiopian player Tigst Assefa finishing second, Joyciline Jepkosgei finishing third, and Megtu· Megertu Alemu finished fourth. The previous world record in the women’s race was 2 hours, 17 minutes and 01 seconds set by Mary Jepkosgei Keitany in London in 2017.
“I feel grateful,” Jepchichir told the BBC. “I didn’t expect to break the world record. But I worked very hard. I’m very happy to come to Paris and run the marathon. My prayer is to defend my title.
Marcel Hug won the men’s wheelchair race for a record fourth consecutive time. The Swiss “silver bullet”, 38 years old, scored 1:28.33. American Daniel Romanchuk ran the London Marathon for the 25th consecutive time and finished second, while British runner David Weir finished third.
Will, 44, said: “The conditions were very difficult and very windy. But I was very happy with my performance. “I ran 20 miles after Marcel and it was the best I have done on this track. One of the races. Some of them were 10 or 20 years younger than me but I promised myself I would come back and get on the podium.
The women’s wheelchair race was won by distance by another Swiss competitor, Catherine Debrunner. The 29-year-old broke the course record and won the race in 2022, finishing more than five minutes ahead of her nearest rival.
Manuela Schar of Switzerland finished second and Tatyana McFadden of the United States finished third, winning 2-2. Eden Rainbow-Cooper was Britain’s highest-ranked player, finishing sixth.
