London Marathon: Assefa sets new women's record; Sawe reaches finish line ahead of star-studded field

Ethiopia’s Assefa finished the race in 2hr 15min 50sec ahead of Joyciline Jepkosgei and bitter rival Sifan Hassan while Sawe reached the finish line in 2hr 02min 27sec, ahead of Jacob Kiplimo and Alexander Mutiso Munyao with the legendary Eliud Kipchoge finishing sixth.

Ethiopia’s Tigst Assefa set a new women’s only world record of 2hr 15min 50sec as she won the London marathon on Sunday whilst Kenya’s Sabastian Sawe put a star-studded men’s field to the sword.

For 28-year-old Assefa it was ample compensation for finishing runner-up both in London and the Paris Olympics last year – especially as bitter Dutch rival, the Ethiopia-born Sifan Hassan, finished third.

Assefa dropped Kenya’s Joyciline Jepkosgei as the race, played out in blazing sunshine and with thousands lining the route, entered its business end.

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