It's the second-fastest women's time in London Marathon history behind Brit Paula Radcliffe's 2:15:25 from 2003, when she had male pacemakers.Assefa, the Paris Olympic silver medalist, owns the second-fastest women's marathon in history overall — 2:11:53 from Berlin 2023 with male pacemakers.

Sabastian Sawe of Kenya won the London Marathon for his biggest career victory after making a solo breakaway with about 10 kilometers left.

Kenyan Sebastian Sawe made a brilliant tactical decision to demolish a stacked mens field en route to victory while Ethiopias Tigst Assefa shatters womens-only world record in winning the 45th London