World record holder Ruth Chepngetich and reigning champion Peres Jepchirchir have withdrawn from the London Marathon, organisers said on Friday, less than two weeks before the race.

LONDON, April 28 (Reuters) - Sunday's London Marathon set a world record for the number of finishers, eclipsing the previous mark of 55,646 in New York last year, organisers said.

Assefa’s winning time set a new women’s-only world record, breaking Peres Jepchirchir’s mark of 2:16:16 from last year. At the London Marathon, the elite women start in a group by themselves ...

Updates: Assefa, Sawe win London Marathon titles. Tigst Assefa of Ethiopia has done it, setting a women's only world record to win in 2:15:50, beating the previous record set last year by Kenyan ...

28-year-old Assefa previously held the standard women’s world record with her time of 2:11:53, set in a mixed gender race at the 2023 Berlin Marathon, but this fell to Ruth Chepngetich of Kenya ...

The next World Marathon Major will be Sydney’s debut on the series on Aug. 31. Kipchoge has already announced he will run it. In all, there were 56,640 finishers at the London Marathon, breaking the ...

Ethiopian Tigst Assefa won the London Marathon in a world record for a women's only race, while Kenyan Sabastian Sawe took the men's title to further his argument as the world's top male marathoner.

Ethiopia’s Tigst Assefa breaks women’s-only world record at London Marathon. The Olympic silver medalist broke away from Kenya’s Joyciline Jepkosgei to win the women’s race, which is run ...

Uganda's Jacob Kiplimo is making his marathon debut in London after shattering the half-marathon world record in February. He broke the half-marathon record by 48 seconds in Barcelona.