Opinion: As we toss to another London triumph, reflect on our failings

Kenyan athlete Eliud Kipchoge

For the third year running, Kenyan athlete Eliud Kipchoge won the male category of the London Marathon, beating off stiff competition from our traditional challengers Ethiopia and Briton Mo Farah who was expected to do better but finished third after the going got tough.

Vivian Cheruiyot upset compatriot Mary Keitany, last year’s winner, in 2 hours 18 minutes and 30 seconds, but failed to break the standing record of 2 hours 15 minutes and 25 seconds set by UK’s Paula Radcliffe in 2003. Brigid Kosgei made it a one-two win for the Kenyan team.