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.
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