KENYA’S Vivian Cheruiyot won the London Marathon in the early spring heat to pip her rivals Brigid Kosgei and Kary Keitany.
The 33-year-old ran 2hours 18min and 31sec to clinch a massive personal best, a year after she blew up in the London race.
Britain’s Lily Partridge finished over 10 minutes behind but qualified for the European Championships this summer with a PB of under 2hours 30min.
Fellow Kenyan Brigid Kosgei was 1min 42sec further back and Tadelech Bekele of Ethiopia was third.
While the race began in the southeast London district of Blackheath, the official starter for the later men’s race was more than 30 miles to the west of the British capital.
Mo Farah had a nightmare in the men’s race as he raged at officials for confusion over his water bottle with temperatures up to 23C in central London.
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Meanwhile, Queen Elizabeth II pushed the start button in front of Windsor Castle.
There was a home success with David Weir winning the men’s wheelchair race for an eighth time after a sprint finish.
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The 38-year-old Weir clocked 1:31:15 to beat Marcel Hug of Switzerland into second place, while Daniel Romanchuk of the United States was third.
Madison de Rozario of Australia won the women’s wheelchair race for the first time ahead of four-time champion Tatyana McFadden, whose fellow American, Susannah Scaroni, was third.
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