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Kenya's Kelvin Kiptum used incredible closing speed to become the second-fastest marathon runner of all time, breaking the course record with 2:01:25, while Dutch star Sifan Hassan used a superb sprint finish to hold off more experienced rivals and win on her debut at the TCS London Marathon, a World Athletics Platinum Label road race, on Sunday (23).
On a rainy morning, Kiptum stormed a 59:45 second half to win the men's race by almost three minutes ahead of his compatriot Geoffrey Kamworor (2:04:23), with Ethiopia's Tamirat Tola finishing third in 2:04:23. Only Eliud Kipchoge, with his world record of 2:01:09 set at the Berlin Marathon last September, has ever gone quicker.
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