LONDON, April 21 (Xinhua) -- Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir of Kenya won the London Marathon women's race with a time of 2:16:16 here on Sunday.
Ethiopia's Tigst Assefa, who set the new world record of 2:11:53 at last year's Berlin Marathon, finished second in 2:16:23. Kenya's Joyciline Jepkosgei took the bronze in 2:16:24.
Jepchirchir's result was much slower than Assefa's world record, but it was the fastest time ever in a women-only marathon, beating the mark of 2:17:01 set by Mary Keitany in London in 2017. The elite women's field in London started around 30 minutes ahead of the elite men. ■
