Korir surged to the front before mile 20, overturning Mengesha’s lead and quickly opening daylight.
MoreIn its decisions, the panel considered that approval of these applications would impinge upon and compromise the imperatives underlying the World Athletics eligibility rules and transfer of allegiance regulations.
MoreThe World Marathon Championships will become an annual event, with men and women competing in alternate years.
MoreBoth athletes set course records, marking the third consecutive year that Kenyan runners have swept the elite titles in Yangzhou.
MoreThe 28-year-old started the race as the third-fastest women’s half-marathon runner in history and ended it by surpassing that feat over double the distance.
MoreA total of 17,101 runners took part in the event, recognised as the world’s largest women-only marathon.
MoreThe Ugandan took 10 seconds off Yomif Kejelcha’s official world record for the distance.
MoreChepkirui won last year’s Nagoya Women’s Marathon in 2:20:40 ahead of Japan’s Sayaka Sato and Bahrain’s Eunice Chumba.
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