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Kenya’s Brigid Kosgei retained the London Marathon women’s title yesterday, producing a brilliant solo run to claim her fourth victory in the 42.2km race.
Kosgei clocked 2 hours, 18 minutes and 58 seconds, crossing the line ahead of American Sarah Hall, who clocked a personal best of 2: 22.01.
Kenya’s world champion Ruth Chepngetich completed the podium, just 4 seconds behind Hall.
Photo: AFP
Originally scheduled to take place in April, the London Marathon was rescheduled for this month due to the COVID-19 pandemic that has caused many major track and field events to be canceled or postponed, most notably the Tokyo Olympics. .
Instead of the usual labyrinthine race through the streets of the British capital, the course this time featured 19 loops around St James Park, with the iconic Buckingham Palace framing the finish line.
Kosgei, a women’s world record holder in the marathon and also a two-time Chicago Marathon winner, broke away from Chepngetich at the 18-mile mark and kept up her pace as she edged out many backmarkers on the way to the finish line.
“The weather is not good. So we fight,” Kosgei said of the cold and rainy conditions.
“It’s wonderful to run,” he told the BBC. “We have not prepared well due to the pandemic. I fought until the moment I finished. ”
“I will be well prepared to get good results next year.”
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