Kenyan Sebastian Sawe made an excellent tactical decision to destroy a scheduled man’s field along the way to victory while Tigst Assefa of Ethiopia destroys the World Women’s Record only to win the 45th London Marathon on Sunday
Updated for the last time: 27/04/25 12:28 PM
Sabastian Sawe of the Kenya team celebrates winning the London Marathon
Kenya’s Sabastian Sawe won the London Marathon for his biggest career victory while Tigst Assefa destroyed the World Women’s Record.
Sawe pulled out of a main group of nine runners about 90 minutes in the race and ended in two hours, two minutes and 27 seconds.
The 29-year-old made his move when his rivals slowed to a drink station-chosen not to receive water despite warm temperatures.
Jacob Kiplimo, the record holder of half a marathon of records that was making his full marathon debut, was the only runner able to pursue, but could never approach the deletion of the gap. Ugandan ended about 70 seconds again in second place.
In the women’s race, Ethiopia Assafa secured her first title at Marathon in London after retiring from Joycine Joykosgei.
Assefa ended in two hours, 15 minutes and 50 seconds, the fastest ever in a marathon only for women – but 25 seconds slower than the course record set by Paula Radcliffe in 2003 when it was a mixed race.
Assefa ended second in both London and at the Paris Olympics last year, but adds this title to two Berlin Marathon victories.
Unlike in Paris, she made sure that there would be no end of sprint this time when she left Jukosgei after a few miles left and ran only along the Thames River and through Central London to the Buckingham Palace.
Johkosgei, the winner of London 2021, was almost three minutes behind while Olympic champion Sifan Hassan was third.
Eilish McColgan, a gold medal of 10,000 million in the Commonwealth 2022 games, was eighth in her delayed debut marathon in a two -hour Scottish record, 24 minutes and 25 seconds.
And she was not the only British woman in the Top 10, which also included Rose Harvey located in ninth, but her compatriot Charlotte Purdue could not end after retiring with a beef.
It was a Swiss double in the wheelchair events, with Marcel Huging Racing in his sixth Marathon title in London in one hour, 25 minutes and 25 seconds and Catherine Debrunner winning her third women’s title in four years, 34 minutes and 18 seconds, losing her world record of two seconds.
A world record 56,000 runners were expected to attend the 42,195 -kilometer race in Greenwich Park, kidnapped along the Thames River before ending in the mall.
