London Marathon 2025: Assefa sets women's record as Sawe wins men's race
Summary
Tigst Assefa from Ethiopia won the women's race at the London Marathon and set a new world record. In the men's race, Sebastian Sawe from Kenya crossed the finish line first.Key Facts
- Ethiopian runner, Tigst Assefa, won the London Marathon's women's race.
- Assefa set a world record for a women's only field in marathon running. Her time was two hours, 15 minutes, and 50 seconds.
- Kenyan runner, Joyciline Jepkosgei, who won in 2021, came in second this time.
- Kenyan runner, Sebastian Sawe, won the London Marathon's men's race.
- Jacob Kiplimo from Uganda, who holds the half-marathon world record, finished second in the men's race.
- This was the first full marathon for Sawe and Kiplimo.
- The top British runner in the women's race was Eilish McColgan, who set a Scottish record.
- For the second year in a row, Catherine Debrunner from Switzerland won the women's wheelchair race and Marcel Hug also from Switzerland won the men's wheelchair race.
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