Tokyo Olympic gold medalist Peres Jepchirchir of Kenya shattered the women’s only marathon world record by winning the London Marathon in 2 hours, 16 minutes, 16 seconds on Sunday.
In the men’s race, Kenyan Alexander Mutiso gapped 41-year-old Ethiopian legend Kenenisa Bekele in the last three miles to win by 14 seconds in 2:04:01 for his first major marathon title.
Jepchirchir, 30, lowered the women’s only record of 2:17:01 set by countrywoman Mary Keitany at the 2017 London Marathon.
The 13 fastest overall women’s marathon times in history — led by Ethiopian Tigst Assefa’s world record 2:11:53 from last September — were all from races where either the male and female competitors overlapped or men were among pacers for the women.
