Ethiopia's Tigst Assefa wins London Marathon in women-only world record time
Debrunner was in a field of her own throughout her race, but for a while the same could not be said for the dominant Swiss defending men's champion Marcel Hug, who found himself with an uncomfortably narrow seven-second advantage over Japanese challenger Tomoki Suzuki at the halfway point.
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Scottish Sun
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Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Backs: Fergus Burke (Saracens), Matt Currie (Edinburgh), Jamie Dobie (Glasgow Warriors), Darcy Graham (Edinburgh), Adam Hastings (Glasgow Warriors), George Horne (Glasgow Warriors), Tom Jordan (Glasgow Warriors), Cameron Redpath (Bath), Stafford McDowall (Glasgow Warriors), Harry Paterson (Edinburgh), Arron Reed (Sale Sharks), Kyle Rowe (Glasgow Warriors), Ollie Smith (Glasgow Warriors), Kyle Steyn (Glasgow Warriors), Ben White (Toulon).
