Updates: Assefa, Sawe win London Marathon titles Tigst Assefa of Ethiopia has done it, setting a women's only world record to win in 2:15:50, beating the previous record set last year by Kenyan ...

LONDON (AP) — Tigst Assefa of Ethiopia took advantage of the warm weather to pull away late for her first London Marathon title on Sunday, setting a record time for a women's-only race in the ...

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"This year the weather suited me really well." Assefa adds this win to two previous Berlin Marathon titles. Jepkosgei, the 2021 London winner, was almost three minutes back after tiring near the end.

Two protestors were arrested at the London Marathon on Sunday for throwing red powdered paint onto the course shortly before the men’s elite race passed by, the Metropolitan Police confirmed.

World record holder Tigst Assefa hopes to set a new women’s-only best time in the TCS London Marathon on Sunday and believes it will be tougher to win than this year’s Paris Olympics.

Jepkosgei and Assefa were running side by side looking comfortable after the pacer dropped off. Assefa made her move with around 5 kilometers to go and by the 40K mark had a 56-second advantage.

Ethiopia's Tigst Assefa smashed the women-only world record by 26 seconds en route to London Marathon victory on Sunday morning. The 28-year-old clocked two hours, 15 minutes, 50 seconds to ...