Brigid Kosgei Whizzes To Women's London Marathon Victory

28th April 2019 - by AFP

Victory saw the 25-year-old set a new personal best as she added the London title to her win in the Chicago Marathon last year

Kenya's Brigid Kosgei poses for a photograph after winning the elite women's race of the 2019 London Marathon in central London on April 28, 2019. PHOTO/AFP

SUMMARY

Brigid Kosgei of Kenya won the women's London Marathon on Sunday in an unofficial time of two hours 18 minutes and 19 seconds
Kosgei's compatriot Vivian Cheruiyot was second, in a role reversal from last year when she beat Kosgei to finish first in London
Cheruiyot was initially able to stay with her when Kosgei made a break at the 20-mile mark but could not maintain the pace and drifted away some four miles from the finish

LONDON, United Kingdom- Brigid Kosgei of Kenya won the women's London Marathon on Sunday in an unofficial time of two hours 18 minutes and 19 seconds.

Victory saw the 25-year-old set a new personal best as she added the London title to her win in the Chicago Marathon last year.

Kosgei's compatriot Vivian Cheruiyot was second, in a role reversal from last year when she beat Kosgei to finish first in London.

Ethiopia's Roza Dereje was third.

Kosgei left the rest of the elite women's field behind her with a blistering second half of the race.

Cheruiyot was initially able to stay with her when Kosgei made a break at the 20-mile mark but could not maintain the pace and drifted away some four miles from the finish.

According to statistics compiled by the BBC, Kosgei ran the second half of the race in a time of 66 minutes and 42 seconds -- the fastest for the women's event.