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Many people believed that Tigist Assefa had a score to settle at this year’s London Marathon. The former marathon world record holder who clocked a seismic 2:11:53 at the 2023 Berlin Marathon ...
As the 2025 London Marathon unfolded, Adidas athletes Sebastian Sawe (Kenya) and Tigst Assefa (Ethiopia) emerged as the winners of the men's and women's races, respectively. Sebastian Sawe and ...
Tigst Assefa of Ethiopia won the 2025 London Marathon in 2:15:50, breaking away from Kenyan Joyciline Jepkosgei just after the 2-hour mark of the race. Jepkosgei held on to take second place in 2: ...
In addition to the overarching record, 41 other new world records were set at the 2025 London Marathon, including Tigst Assefa’s 2:15:50 women’s only-record, and a new mark for the fastest ...
Hiko Tonosa pulls up the end of his tracksuit to show the scar on his leg from a fall he suffered while training in Addis ...
After the record-breaking success of the 2025 TCS London Marathon, runners are already ... with Sabastian Sawe and Tigst Assefa taking the men’s and women’s races respectively.
The recent military escalations have damaged a once exemplary athlete bond between India’s Chopra and Pakistan’s Nadeem.
Kenyan Joyciline Jepkosgei ran with Assefa through 37K and finished 2nd in 2:18:44, with Paris marathon champ Sifan Hassan finishing 3rd in 2:19:00. “When I crossed the line I felt extreme happiness,” ...
Ethiopia’s Tigist Assefa smashed the women-only world record by 26 seconds at the TCS London Marathon, running 2:15:50* to win the World Athletics Platinum Label Road race. On a warm and sunny day, ...
An exclusive Q&A with the runner after she took 22 minutes and 31 seconds off her 26.2 mile best at the TCS London There's no ...