Latest news with #JoycilineJepkosgei
Deccan Herald
27-04-2025
- Sport
- Deccan Herald
Ethiopian Assefa breaks women's world record to win London Marathon
The 28-year-old Assefa, silver medallist in the event at last year's Paris Olympics, pulled away from Joyciline Jepkosgei of Kenya over the final couple of kilometres after the two had set a blistering early pace.
CNA
27-04-2025
- Sport
- CNA
Ethiopian Assefa pulls away to win London Marathon
LONDON :Ethiopia's Tigst Assefa shattered the women's-only world record in winning the 45th London Marathon on Sunday, pulling away from Joyciline Jepkosgei of Kenya over the final couple of kilometres after the two had set a blistering early pace. The 28-year-old Assefa, silver medallist in the event at the 2024 Paris Olympics, crossed the finish line in two hours, 15 minutes and 50 seconds, beating the previous women's-only record of 2:16:16 set last year in London by Kenyan Peres Jepchirchir. Jepkosgei, 31, finished second in 2:18.44. The sizzling early pace was too much for reigning Olympic marathon champion and 2024 London winner Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands, who fell back off the leaders around the halfway mark en route to finishing third in 2:19.00. It was a Swiss double in the wheelchair events, with Marcel Hug racing to his sixth London marathon title in 1:25:25 and Catherine Debrunner winning her third women's title in four years in 1:34:18, missing her own world record by two seconds. A world record 56,000 runners were expected to participate in the 42.195-kilometre race that started at Greenwich Park, snaked along the River Thames before finishing on The Mall.
Reuters
27-04-2025
- Sport
- Reuters
Ethiopian Assefa pulls away to win London Marathon
LONDON, April 27 (Reuters) - Ethiopia's Tigst Assefa shattered the women's-only world record in winning the 45th London Marathon on Sunday, pulling away from Joyciline Jepkosgei of Kenya over the final couple of kilometres after the two had set a blistering early pace. The 28-year-old Assefa, silver medallist in the event at the 2024 Paris Olympics, crossed the finish line in two hours, 15 minutes and 50 seconds, beating the previous women's-only record of 2:16:16 set last year in London by Kenyan Peres Jepchirchir. Jepkosgei, 31, finished second in 2:18.44. The sizzling early pace was too much for reigning Olympic marathon champion and 2024 London winner Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands, who fell back off the leaders around the halfway mark en route to finishing third in 2:19.00. It was a Swiss double in the wheelchair events, with Marcel Hug racing to his sixth London marathon title in 1:25:25 and Catherine Debrunner winning her third women's title in four years in 1:34:18, missing her own world record by two seconds. A world record 56,000 runners were expected to participate in the 42.195-kilometre race that started at Greenwich Park, snaked along the River Thames before finishing on The Mall.
BBC News
27-04-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Assefa sets women's only world record in London win
Ethiopia's Tigst Assefa surged to victory in a world record for a women's only field in the London Olympic silver medallist burst clear of 2021 winner Joyciline Jepkosgei of Kenya with 10km to go before crossing the line in two hours 15 minutes and 50 beat the previous record, set by Peres Jepchirchir of Kenya in London last year, by 26 finished second with 2023 winner and Olympic champion Sifan Hassan in to follow. London marathon: elite women's race results Tigst Assefa (Eth) - 2:15:50Joyciline Jepkosgei (Ken) - 2:18:43Sifan Hassan (Ned) - 2:18:59 More to follow.
