Ethiopia’s Tiki Gelana held off Kenyan Priscah
Jeptoo to win gold in a soggy Olympic women’s marathon that started and
finished in torrential rain on Sunday.
Gelana
clocked two hours 23 minutes and seven seconds in a course taking in
numerous iconic London landmarks, finishing five seconds ahead of Jeptoo
who was unable to reel in her African rival in the finishing straight
on The Mall.
Russian Tatyana Petrova Arkhipova won bronze in 2:23.29. Race favourite Mary Keitany of Kenya, twice a London marathon winner, finished fourth after dropping off the leading group in the final three kilometres.
Gelana, 24, was the second Ethiopian woman to win Olympic marathon gold following Fatuma Roba’s triumph in 1996 in Atlanta.
Gelana
clocked two hours 23 minutes and seven seconds in a course taking in
numerous iconic London landmarks, finishing five seconds ahead of Jeptoo
who was unable to reel in her African rival in the finishing straight
on The Mall.Russian Tatyana Petrova Arkhipova won bronze in 2:23.29. Race favourite Mary Keitany of Kenya, twice a London marathon winner, finished fourth after dropping off the leading group in the final three kilometres.
Gelana, 24, was the second Ethiopian woman to win Olympic marathon gold following Fatuma Roba’s triumph in 1996 in Atlanta.
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