Sumgong for her first major win despite a big fall.
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A Race For The Ages: Eliud Kipchoge (2:03:05) Crushes Course Record, Runs #3 Time Ever at 2016 London Marathon
NYC champ Stanley Biwott ran 2:03:51 but had to settle for second behind Kipchoge, who produced one of the greatest marathon performances in history. Kenenisa Bekele, racing his first marathon in 15 months, was third in 2:06:36.
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BBC Sport:
Merrien ran at the 2012 Games, but was only the 7th Brit on Sunday.
Athletics Weekly:
The 31-year-old was running for a UK military charity when he suffered heart attack near the finish line. *2nd article
Sonia Samuels - Running to the top:
The 36-year-old Terrence Mahon-coached runner has had a big year as she ran a 3-minute PR with 2:28 in Berlin to get the qualifying time and was the second Brit in London to earn a spot for Rio.
BBC Sport:
Callum guaranteed selection by finishing as the top Brit, but Derek had to wait until the selection committee chose the 3rd spot.
BBC Sport:
Even though she had Olympic selection locked up, she still made sure to beat Sonia Samuels by 8-seconds saying, "It would have been lovely if we had gone 'let's cross the line hand in hand'. But no, you still want the bragging rights."
Runner's World:
Kipchoge was 21-seconds faster through the half, but lost a lot of time with a "slow" 14:54 split from 30 to 35K.
World Athletics:
Evan Jager at the Paris DL meet last year makes their list.
The Standard:
The headline says "Sumgong proved critics wrong", but all it does is serve as a reminder that Sumgong was initially banned before being cleared on appeal.
TimesLIVE:
She she and her husband, 400 hurdler LJ van Zyl, will go to their second Olympics together.
The Sydney Morning Herald:
Mottram was through halfway in 1:07, but felt apart after that. ."It was a tough, long day for me. But I came to London to run a marathon and I finished it. *Discuss
Irish Examiner:
The top Irishman in London was Sean Hehir, but his 2:17:20 won't be enough to get him on the Olympic team.
Athletics Weekly:
Callum Hawkins' brother Derek was 3rd, but will have to hope for selection by committee as only the top-two automatically make the team.
Athletics Weekly:
“I am not happy about it. It was a fast, hard race and you need energy!”
Virginmoneylondonmarathon:
All are very random, but the fastest was the 2:39:09 ran by a guy dressed as Elsa from the movie, Frozen.
London organizers DQed the 18-year-old runner for missing a timing mat, but Murphy helped prove it was a chip malfunction.