Kipchoge, Cheruiyot celebrate Kenyan double at London Marathon

Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge stormed to his third London Marathon title today to complete an impressive Kenyan double after Vivian Cheruiyot dominated the women's race in warm conditions.

Kipchoge, 33, saw off the challenge of Ethiopia's Tola Shura Kitata and home favourite Mo Farah to win his third race in the British capital in four years in a time of 2hrs 04min 17sec, finishing more than half a minute in front of Kitata (2:04:49), with Farah third (2:06:21).

Cheruiyot, 34, timed her run perfectly to win the women's event in a time of 2hrs 18min 31sec ahead of compatriot Brigid Kosgei (2:20:13), and Ethiopia's Tadelech Bekele (2:21:40).

Kipchoge joined compatriot Martin Lel and Mexican Dionicio Ceron as the only men to win London three times.

After previous victories in 2015 and 2016, Kipchoge took a ninth career win over 26.2 miles, but missed his two-year-old course record.

"I came to London to run a beautiful race and today I ran a really beautiful race," said Kipchoge. "Thank you, London."
"It's so different to the track. It's incredible. It's different pain, different training but I've really enjoyed it. I gave it all, 110 per cent as I normally do."