Farah third in London Marathon as Kipchoge reigns again

ELIUD KIPCHOGE won the London Marathon for the third time yesterday, with Mo Farah breaking the British record as he finished third, while there was a surprise victory for Vivian Cheruiyot in the women’s race.

Kipchoge, who skipped last year’s race to attempt a sub-twohour marathon in Italy, could not break Dennis Kimmetto’s world record as high temperatures made running conditions difficult.

Women’s favourite Mary Keitany attempted to break Paula Radcliffe’s “mixed race” record – assisted by male pacemakers – but the Kenyan struggled late on in the race, eventually finishing fifth .

That allowed Cheruiyot in to take her first London crown, having won her first career marathon in Frankfurt only in October.

Radcliffe’s record, set in 2003, did seem under threat at first as Keitany comfortably led for most of the race but the conditions got the better of her in the end.

The men’s race went out at a blistering pace, with early leader Guye Adola clocking four minutes 22 seconds in the first mile, and Farah stayed with the group until a bizarre incident when he missed his drinks bottle around the 10-mile mark, – Reuters