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 ...

Assefa, the former world record holder in the marathon, used a 5:03 24th mile to separate herself from Jepkosgei to win her third World Marathon Major. Assefa, 28, previously won the 2022 and 2023 ...

Assefa clocked an unofficial 2 hours, 15 minutes, 50 seconds, breaking the women’s only world record of 2:16:16 set by Kenyan Peres Jepchirchir at the 2024 London Marathon. It’s the second-fastest ...

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 ...

Tigst Assefa of Ethiopia celebrates after winning the women's race at the London Marathon, Sunday, April 27, 2025. Credit: AP/Alberto Pezzali “It was a little bit humid," Jepkosgei said.

Tigst Assefa of Ethiopia secured her first London Marathon title, finishing in 2:15:50 for the fastest-ever time in a women's-only marathon. Kenya's Sabastian Sawe won the men's race in his London ...

Tigst Assefa of Ethopia won the London Marathon in a women’s only record time of 2.15:50, as Kenya’s Sabastian Sawe won the men’s race. Assefa eclipsed the previous women’s only record set ...

LONDON (AP) — Tigst Assefa of Ethiopia took advantage of the warm weather to pull away late for her first London Marathon title on Sunday, setting a record time for a women's-only race in the ...

Assefa's time was the second-fastest run by a woman in London history, behind Paula Radcliffe's 2:15:25 at the 2003 London Marathon, then a world record. Radcliffe ran with male pacemakers in the ...

Tigst Assefa of Ethiopia took advantage of the warm weather to pull away late for her first London Marathon title on Sunday, setting a record time for a women's-only race in the process. Assefa ...

LONDON (AP) — Tigst Assefa of Ethiopia took advantage of the warm weather to pull away late for her first London Marathon title on Sunday, setting a record time for a women's-only race in the ...