Olympic bronze medallist Tsegaye Kebede of Ethiopia denied Kenya a seventh successive London men"s marathon pretension with an comfortable feat in 2hr 5min 19sec.
In the women"s race, there was a Russian one-two as Liliya Shobukhova done it two marathon victories out of three. The 32-year-old hold off Inga Abitova in 2hr 22min to follow up her feat in Chicago in Oct and urge on her third-place finish in London last year on her marathon debut. British hope Mara Yamauchi forsaken off the heading pack around halfway.
Kebede accomplished second in London in 2009, at the back of Olympic bullion medallist Sammy Wanjiru after a extreme conflict over the last stages. He had an simpler run-in this time, withdrawal at the back of dual Kenyans, initial Abel Kirui and afterwards the universe champion Emmanuel Mutai, to run unchallenged for the last 6 miles.
Six Kenyan pacemakers widespread opposite the front of the margin from the begin in cool, slightly wet continue at Greenwich Park. They were urged on by Wanjiru but he faded after fifteen miles justification of a precision programme interrupted by a back injury.
Yamauchi, runner-up last year, fell off the gait even though pacemaker Aniko Kalovis had set a solid tempo, receiving the margin by the thirteen miles at a scheduled 1hr 10min 56sec. Disruptions to air transport meant that Yamauchi had taken 6 days to reach London from her precision bottom in New Mexico.
With sleet descending on the begin line at Greenwich - the object emerged after - more than 37,000 competitors began the eventuality this morning.
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