Peter Lynch sets Irish marathon record with podium finish
Lynch, who runs for the Puma Elite team in the US, is coached by retired Irish international Alistair Cragg and is a graduate of the University of Tulsa. Lynch's time was inside the Athletics Ireland B standard for this year's World Championships in Tokyo.
The 27-year-old had been in fantastic form through the early part of 2025, running an Irish 10-mile record earlier this month of 45:59 and clocking a 1:01:15 half marathon in January.
Fearghal Curtin came home fourth in the same race in Dusseldorf, clocking 2:11:35 on his marathon debut, with victory going to USA's Alex Meier in 2:08:36.
Meanwhile at the London Marathon, Ethiopia's Tigist Assefa smashed the women-only world record by 26 seconds, the Olympic silver medallist taking victory in 2:15:50.
She kicked away from Kenya's Joyciline Jepkosgei to clinch her first London Marathon win after finishing second to Peres Jepchirchir last year. Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands was third in 2:19:00.
The men's race was won by Kenya's Sabastian Sawe in 2:02:27 – the second-fastest ever London Marathon time. Uganda's Jacob Kiplimo was second on his marathon debut, clocking 2:03:37.
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