Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge ran the second fastest marathon in history to win the London Marathon for a fourth time as Britain’s Mo Farah finished fifth. Ethiopia’s Mosinet Geremew and Mule Wasihun finished second and third respectively behind Kipchoge, who finished 59 seconds shy of his world record of 2:01:39. “I’m happy to win on the streets of London for the fourth time and to make history,” Kipchoge told BBC Sport. The second option is still open.”Briton Mo Farah finished three minutes, one second behind Kipchoge. The top three had left three-time London Marathon winner Mary Keitany behind at the 30km mark.

Source: The Star April 29, 2019 01:52 UTC