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Debutante Hassan wins London Marathon; Kiptum nears world record

OsunDailyBy OsunDailyApril 23, 2023No Comments2 Mins Read
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Sifan Hassan was a surprise winner of the London Marathon on her debut over the distance on Sunday.

Kenyan Kelvin Kiptum also won the menโ€™s race in the second fastest time in history.

Hassanโ€™s victory was all the more remarkable because she fell way off the pace, clutching her hip, around the 15-mile mark.

But the Ethiopian-born Dutch athlete, who is the Olympic 5,000 and 10,000 metres champion, reeled in the leaders with three miles to go.

The 30-year-old then survived making a mess of collecting a drink from a water station.

She recovered again and even offered rival Yalemzerf Yehualaw, last yearโ€™s winner, a swig from her bottle.

Being a track athlete gave Hassan a distinct advantage in a sprint finish and she pulled away from Alemu Megertu and Peres Jepchirchir down The Mall.

She came home in two hours 18 minutes and 33 seconds.

Former Olympic middle-distance runner Steve Cram was gobsmacked at Hassanโ€™s triumph.

โ€œSifan Hassan has done something that nobody could ever have expected,โ€ he said.

โ€œShe was struggling, she was grabbing her hip, stopping to stretch it off.

โ€œShe would have been dreaming of just finishing. She can hardly believe it, this might just be the best success of her life.โ€

The 23-year-old Kiptum broke the course record with an incredible time of 2:01:27.

Kiptum tired towards the end and missed out on Eliud Kipchogeโ€™s world record by 18 seconds.

Britainโ€™s Mo Farah came home in his final marathon in ninth in 2:10:28.

Swiss star Marcel Hug won a fifth menโ€™s wheelchair race in London, just six days after winning the Boston Marathon.

The โ€œSilver Bulletโ€ shattered his own course record with a time of 1:23:43.

The womenโ€™s wheelchair race was won by 2018 winner Madison de Rozario of Australia, who pipped four-time champion Manuela Schar on the finish line.

(dpa/NAN)


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