Sifan Hassan overcomes multiple challenges to win London marathon on her debut

• Sifan Hassan defied multiple odd to win the London Marathon on April 23
• It was Hassan's debut in road running after dominating the middle-distance races
• Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir finished third behind Ethiopian Alemu Megertu

Sifan Hassan ran an impeccable race at the London Marathon to win her first-ever marathon on her debut.

The double Olympic champion in middle distance races transitioned to road running after the World Athletics Championships last year and was an outside pick to triumph on April 23.

She was against an experienced field that comprised of Olympic champion Peres Jepchirir and World record holder Brigid Kosgei. The latter dropped out of the race barely 3 minutes in.

Hassan suffered from a cramp twice in the race, with the Ethiopian-born athlete stopping twice to stretch her left hip. She still surged on and closed the gap with the leading pack and clocked a time of  2 hours, 18 minutes and 33 seconds in a sprint finish.

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In what is set to be an exciting road running career for the 30-year-old, she showed her inexperience by missing a water spot but still managed to stay within striking distance.

Jepchirchir lacked the final power to push with 200 metres to go, with Hassan employing her 10,000m tactics to sprint to victory in front of Buckingham Palace. The Olympic champion settled for third.

Hassan's timely introduction to marathon now sets up an interesting prospect ahead of the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary.

Kiptum shatters Kipchoge's course record

In the men's races, Sports Brief reported that Kelvin Kiptum broke Eliud Kipchoge's course record to win the London Marathon on April 23.

Kiptum also set the second-fastest time in marathon history, failing to beat Kipchoge's world record by a few seconds.

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It was a daring race from the Kenyan who broke off from the leading group after 30 kilometres to inject an insane speed in his steps. He used a crazy 13 minutes 49 seconds in the 30 km to 35 km split to break away from the rest of the group.

His time of 2:01:27 is now just 16 seconds below Kipchoge's world record of 2:01:09, which he set in Berlin last year. Kiptum has now run the fastest time in London, breaking Kipchoge's time of 2:02:37, which he ran in 2019.