Assefa sets women’s record as Sawe wins men’s race

Sebastian Sawe won the men’s race, while Tigst Assefa of Ethiopia set a world record for a women’s only field, while Sebastian Sawe of Kenya set the record.

With 10 kilometers to go, Olympic silver medalist Assefa surpassed Kenya’s Joyciline Jepkosgei in two hours, 15 minutes, and 50 seconds.

By 26 seconds, Assefa broke Peres Jepchirchir of Kenya’s previous record set in London last year.

With Netherlands-born Sifan Hassan, the 2023 champion and Olympic champion, coming in third, Jepkosgei came in almost three minutes behind.

With just over 10 kilometers left, debutant Sawe’s men’s race race continued and he finished in 2:02:27.

On his full-marathon debut, Ugandan half-marathon champion Jacob Kiplimo was over a minute off the lead, and 2024 champion Alexander Mutiso Munyao placed third.