Ethiopia’s Tigst Assefa and Kenya’s Joyciline Jepkosgei set a torrid pace down the stretch in Sunday’s London Marathon, but it was Assefa who pulled away to set a women’s-only world record in winning the race.

Tigst Assefa made up for coming second in last year's marathon to coast home in the women's London Marathon in a world record time of 2hr 15min 50sec on Sunday. Kenya's Sabastian Sawe won the men's London marathon in a time of 2hr 02min 27sec.

Ethiopia’s Tigst Assefa won the elite women’s London Marathon after crossing the line in 2:15:48 That was the women’s only world record for the 28-year-old Ethiopian by 28 seconds. Assefa took it up early and had the stamina to set an incredible time. Paula Radcliffe’s course record survived.