- Dutch track star fights back to win women’s race on her debut
- Kenya’s Kiptum dominates men’s race in course-record time
Nobody has ever won a London Marathon like Sifan Hassan, who stopped twice to stretch a tight hip, lost contact with the leaders, and also nearly got hit by a race motorbike after going back to collect her drink, on her way to glory.
Yet instead of pulling out the Dutch athlete, already an Olympic 5,000 and 10,000m champion, ploughed on. Hassan further staked her claim to be regarded as the greatest female distance athlete in history by winning a sprint finish in 2 hours, 18 minutes and 33 seconds.
