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Kipchoge, Tufa win London Marathon

Xinhua, April 26, 2015 Adjust font size:

Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge won the men's London Marathon while Tigist Tufa became the first Ethiopian woman in 14 years to win the women's race here on Sunday.

Kipchoge, the 5,000m world champion in 2003, clocked two hours, four minutes and 41 seconds, five seconds ahead of his compatriot Wilson Kipsang.

Kipsang, the 2012 and 2014 winner, finished in front of another Kenyan and world record holder Dennis Kimetto.

In the women's race, 2014 Shanghai Marathon winner Tufa sprinted clear to finish in 2:23:22 and comfortably beat Kenya's two-time London winner Mary Keitany.

Tufa's compatriot, Tirfi Tsegaye, was third. The women's London Marathon had not been won by an Ethiopian since Derartu Tulu in 2001. Endi