Kenyan athlete Peres Dzhepchirchir won the marathon in London today and set a new world record in the women's competition.
Olympic champion Jepchirchir won with a time of two hours, 16 minutes and 16 seconds and broke the world record held by the Kenyan Mary Keitany since 2017 - 2:17,01.
"I'm grateful. I'm so happy for the victory. I didn't expect to run a world record, I knew it could happen, but I didn't expect it to be me," said Dzhepchirchir.
"I knew the history of the race and that the female competitors are strong. I worked extremely hard. My results were weaker, but today I was good and set a personal record. I am happy that I qualified for the Olympic Games, I am grateful for that. I am happy that I will be in Paris, I prayed to go there, to run well and defend the title. I know it won't be easy, but I will do my best," she added.
Also, the contestants placed up to fourth place ran faster than the previous world record.
The second place was taken by Tigst Asefa from Ethiopia with a score of 2:16,23, the third was Kenyan Joycelyn Dzhepkosgei with 2:16,24, and the fourth place was taken by Merguta Alema from Ethiopia with a score of 2:16,34 hours.
In the men's competition, the Kenyan Aleksander Mutiso Munjao won with a score of 2:04,01. The second place was taken by Kenenis Bekele with 2:04,15, and the third place was the British Emil Keres with 2:06,46 hours.
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