Updates: Assefa, Sawe win London Marathon titles Tigst Assefa of Ethiopia has done it, setting a women's only world record to win in 2:15:50, beating the previous record set last year by Kenyan ...

LONDON (AP) — Tigst Assefa of Ethiopia took advantage of the warm weather to pull away late for her first London Marathon title on Sunday, setting a record time for a women's-only race in the ...

Ethiopia’s Tigst Assefa won a thrilling women’s race at the London Marathon on Sunday, striding away from everyone else to take victory and set a new women’s-only world record too. Assefa finished the ...

World record holder Tigst Assefa hopes to set a new women’s-only best time in the TCS London Marathon on Sunday and believes it will be tougher to win than this year’s Paris Olympics.

This was Assefa’s third career marathon. She scratched before April’s London Marathon due to tendonitis, according to race organizers. Berlin is known as the world’s fastest major marathon for its ...

In a thrilling break, Tigst Assefa won the 2025 London Marathon over Joyciline Jepkosgei, setting the women's-only marathon world record in the process. Apr 27, 2025 by Harry Prevor ...

Tigst Assefa of Ethiopia poses for the cameras after setting a new women's only world record time and winning the women's race at the London Marathon, Sunday, April 27, 2025.

Jepkosgei and Assefa were running side by side looking comfortable after the pacer dropped off. Assefa made her move with around 5 kilometers to go and by the 40K mark had a 56-second advantage.