Overview

• Kenyan Sabastian Sawe won the men’s London Marathon with a time of 2:02:20, defeating pre-race favorite Jacob Kiplimo by over a minute.
• Ethiopian Tigst Assefa claimed victory in the women’s race, setting a new women-only world record.
• The men’s podium featured Jacob Kiplimo of Uganda in second place and Kenya’s Alexander Mutiso Munyao in third.
• The women’s race was a close contest among Assefa, Jocyline Jepkosgei, and Sifan Hassan, with Jepkosgei and Hassan finishing second and third respectively.
• Veteran Eliud Kipchoge, competing at age 40, finished sixth in the men’s race, while Ruth Chepngetich’s 2024 women-only world record remains unbroken.