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.

Sabastian Sawe of Kenya won the London Marathon on Sunday for his biggest career victory after making a solo breakaway with about 10 kilometers left. Sawe pulled away from a leading group of nine runners about 90 minutes into the race and finished in 2 hours,