Ethiopia’s Tigist Tufa wins London Marathon women’s race

Posted by admin | April 26, 2015 | 0

Theguardian

• Tufa finishes 18 seconds ahead of Kenya’s Mary Keitany

• Sonia Samuels is first British runner to finish

marathon tufa — Ethiopia’s Tigist Tufa celebrates after winning the London Marathon women’s race Photograph: Suzanne Plunkett/REUTER

Ethiopia’s Tigist Tufa has won the women’s race in the 2015 London Marathonwith a time of 2:23:21. She is the first Ethiopian women’s champion since 2001.

In a relatively slow race – her time was more than eight minutes slower than Paula Radcliffe’s world record set in 2003 – Tufa finished a comfortable 18 seconds clear of Kenya’s two-time winner, Mary Keitany. Tufa’s compatriot Tirfi Tsegaye finished third.

Sonia Samuels was the leading British runner in 16th place, with a time of 2:31:45; well under the qualifying time for the Rio Olympics.

In her final marathon, Paula Radcliffe ran a strong first half, reaching the 30km mark in 1:50:22.

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