London Marathon: Kenya’s 23 year old Kelvin Kiptum has broken the London Marathon course record today on Sunday, April 23. Kiptum finished the course in two hours, one minute, 25 seconds, nearly three minutes ahead of second-placed Geoffrey Kamworor in a commanding and comfortable victory. Follow London Marathon Live Updates with InsideSport.IN.
NEW COURSE RECORD! 🤯
What a moment. Kelvin Kiptum wins the 2023 TCS London Marathon and it’s the second quickest time in history! #LondonMarathon #WeRunTogether pic.twitter.com/vw6UqgrmFH
— TCS London Marathon (@LondonMarathon) April 23, 2023
Kiptum had previously ran the fastest-ever debut marathon in Valencia in 2022. He made his break at mile 19 and established a solid lead over others to record the second-fastest marathon of all time. After crossing the finish line in record time, Kelvin collapsed onto the ground.
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London Marathon 2023: Sifan Hasan’s comeback win
Earlier, Dutch athlete Sifan Hassan made a dramatic comeback after an early injury to beat Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir and defending champion Yelamzerf Yehualaw in what organisers said was the best-ever elite women’s field for the event.
Hassan finished in 2:18:34 with a desperate sprint in the last 500m, shaking off second-placed Alemu Megertu of Ethiopia and third-placed Kenyan Jepchirchir in the final 100m. Ethiopia’s Yehualaw was fourth.
The 30-year-old Hassan looked to be in pain around the hip flexor just under an hour in, falling behind as she stopped and stretched, but she caught up again with the leading pack with just over 6km to go.
Hassan has snatched victory from the jaws of defeat before: In the 1,500m at the Tokyo Olympics she took a hard tumble, picked herself up and charged ahead to win gold.
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