JOYCILINE Jepkosgei took Kenyan compatriot and world-record holder Brigid Kosgei’s London Marathon title as the full-scale race returned.Jepkosgei, who won the 2019 New York Marathon, made the decisive move at 22 miles and went on to win by 15 seconds.The 27-year-old crossed the line in two hours 17 minutes and 43 seconds, while a tired Kosgei dropped back to fourth.Ethiopia’s Sisay Lemma landed the biggest win of his career in the men’s race, coming home in 2:04.01.Fine, dry and cool conditions contributed to impressive times with Lemma becoming the sixth fastest man ever in the race, Jepkosgei leaping to seventh on the women’s all-time list and course records in both wheelchair races.After 2020’s elite-only races, this year’s London Marathon welcomed back just over 36, 000 mass-event runners to the traditional street course, while another 40, 000 runners set out to complete a marathon virtually, logging their distance via a tracking app.“I’m very excited. Such a […]
LONDON MARATHON 2021: JOYCILINE JEPKOSGEI AND SISAY LEMMA WIN TITLES IN FAST TIMES
