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.

LONDON — 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 process.

Ethiopia’s Tigst Assefa shattered the women’s-only world record in winning the 45th London Marathon, while Kenyan Sabastian Sawe made a brilliant tactical decision to demolish a stacked men ...

Assefa finished in an unofficial time of 2 hours, 15 minutes and 50 seconds, the fastest ever in a women's-only marathon — but 25 seconds slower than the course record set by Paula Radcliffe in ...

Assefa ran 2 hours, 11 minutes, 53 seconds to break the previous women’s record of 2:14:04 set by Kenya’s Brigid Kosgei at the Chicago Marathon in 2019.

Assefa's time was the second-fastest run by a woman in London history, behind Paula Radcliffe's 2:15:25 at the 2003 London Marathon, then a world record. Radcliffe ran with male pacemakers in the ...

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 ...

Assefa clocked an unofficial 2 hours, 15 minutes, 50 seconds, breaking the women's only world record of 2:16:16 set by Kenyan Peres Jepchirchir at the 2024 London Marathon.