Kenya's Brigid Kosgei improved on last year's second place to win her ...
Athletics - London Marathon - London, Britain - April 28, 2019 Kenya's Brigid Kosgei celebrates winning the women's elite race REUTERS/Paul Childs
- Kenya’s Brigid Kosgei improved on last year’s second place to win her first London Marathon title on Sunday, finishing ahead of reigning champion Vivian Cheruiyot, with fellow Kenyan and three-times winner Mary Keitany down in fifth. Chicago Marathon champion Kosgei opened up a commanding lead over pre-race favorites Keitany and Cheruiyot and impressively pulled away from the star-studded field to win in a personal best time of two hours, 18 minutes and 20 seconds — — over a second ahead of Cheruiyot in second and Ethiopia’s Roza Dereje in third.
The race got off to a slow start with the field going for the women’s only world record, without the aid of male pacemakers. The pace at the 15-km mark was exactly four minutes down on that set by Keitany when she broke the women’s only world record in the 2017 London Marathon.Reporting by Peter Hall; Editing by Toby Davis
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