Mutai and Keitany secure Kenyan London Marathon double
Emmaunel Mutai

Mutai breaks London Marathon record

Emmanuel Mutai and Mary Keitany completed a Kenyan double as they won the men's and women's races at the London Marathon on Sunday.

Mutai raced to a London record of two hours four minutes and 39 seconds, while Keitany won in 2:19.17, the fourth fastest women's marathon ever.

In the men's race Martin Lel sprinted to second place ahead of Patrick Makau as Kenyans filled the top three spots.

Russian defending champion Liliya Shobukhova was the women's runner-up.

Mutai told BBC Sport: "My dreams have come true, the day has come for me. My aim was just to win the race, I was not focusing on the time.

"I'm happy with the result, since I came to run in London, I was fourth twice and second once. It's a fantastic achievement for me personally."

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Keitany, running only her second marathon, controlled the latter part of the women's race and the 29-year-old won by nearly a minute from Shobukhova.

The Russian world number one was a strong favourite to retain her London Marathon title and led from the beginning, but Keitany pulled ahead of the pack at mile 15 and increased her pace all the way to the line.
Kenya's Mary Keitany

Keitany wins women's marathon

"I am happy because I won the race. I decided to go at my own pace at 21k. I think I surprised myself as I was with last year's winner [Shobukhova]," said Keitany.

"I was scared at first but as we continued to move I believed in myself."

Edna Kiplagat, 31, finished third on her London marathon debut.

Great Britain's Jo Pavey came through in a time of 2:28.23, the seventh fastest time by a British female athlete and inside the British Olympic qualifying time.

Team-mate Louise Damen, the second British athlete across the line, was also inside the qualifying time in 2:29.59.

Pavey told BBC Sport: "The first half felt quite slow but the second half was awful really. I enjoyed it and I know I've got a lot to learn.

"From here I need to think about longer sustained runs, I know what I've got to do and I need to go away and do them. All in all I'm very pleased."

Britain's Andrew Lemoncello could not improve on last year's eighth-placed finish as he struggled in the later stages of the men's event.

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