Kenya’s Amos Kipruto dominates TCS London Marathon

After carefully dropping his competition, which included the second fastest marathoner in the world, Kenenisa Bekele With less than 10 minutes left, Amos Kipruto Throwing 4:36 miles, he dropped two runners finishing second and third to secure victory at the 42nd London Marathon (third race). He was 17 seconds ahead of him at his 40 km mark and took the win in 2:04:38. This is well off his personal best, but still a crushing win for the 30-year-old Kenyan.

Incredible run! 🇰🇪@AmoskiprutoS1 After a spectacular breakaway, he won his first TCS London Marathon.#London Marathon #WeRunTogether pic.twitter.com/t5l8USpuws

— TCS London Marathon (@LondonMarathon) October 2, 2022

Reul Gebrisilassie Currently second with 2:05:12 for Great Britain and Belgium Bashir AbdiThe Olympic and world bronze medalist (and European marathon record holder) was third today in London.

defending champion, Sisay Lemma, dropped the lead pack with about 5 km to go and finished seventh in 2:07:26. Bekele lost the lead in front of his Lemma, but in the end he finished fifth with a time of 2:05:53, setting a new world record of 40+.

He would have liked to win, but Kenenisa Bekele set a Masters (40+) world record of 2:05:53 at the 2022 London Marathon to finish fifth. pic.twitter.com/0cVzgUXbGx

— Jonathan Gault (@jgault13) October 2, 2022

Kipruto, 30, finishes second behind world record holder Eliud Kipchoge At this year’s Tokyo Marathon, he marked his personal best of 2:03:13 and was considered a strong contender for today’s victory. (Kipruto finished third at the 2019 World Championships in Doha, but dropped out of the Olympic marathon in Sapporo.) Berhanu Legese He was also considered a potential favorite (he is the third fastest marathoner in the world behind Kipchoge and Bekele, with a 2:02:48 PR at the 2019 Berlin Marathon). About 30 km away he was in the lead of seven and he was one of the first men to drop out of the pack.

Brett Robinson The Australian had a Top 8 finish in 2:09:52 (1 minute PR), Philip Sesemann 10th in the UK time of 2:12:10, also a PB.

Top 10 results

1. Amos Kipruto Ken 2:04:39
2. Leul Gebrsilasie UK 2:05:12
3. Bashir Abdi Bell 2:05:19
4. Kinde Atanaw ETH 2:05:27
5. Kenenisa Bekele ETH 2:05:53
6. Berhanu Legese ETH 2:06:11
7. Sisay Lemma ETH 2:07:26
8. Brett Robinson Australia 2:09:52
9. Weynay Ghebrsilasie British 2:11:57
10. Philip Sesemann UK 2:12:10

Wheelchair course records fall

The men’s wheelchair race was a duel between the defending champions Marcel Hug Swiss and American Daniel Romanchuk Hug broke the course record and took the lead again.his compatriot Catherine Debrunner Just a week after winning the Berlin Marathon, she did the same on the women’s side. David Weir At 43, he was third in his 23rd consecutive London Marathon.

Yehualaw Reveals Her Dominance

A few minutes ago in Ethiopia Yalemzerf Yehualaw Showed similar dominance in the women’s race, dropping the defending champion Joycilin Jepkosgei At 23, she became the youngest woman ever to win in London. Her time of 2:17:26 was just her 25 seconds off the women-only world record set here. Mary Keitany (In London, the men’s and women’s starts are staggered, giving no advantage to the men’s pacers, so another world record exists for the women’s only race.) :23 Hamburg is the women’s fastest ever It was my debut. This was her second marathon.