Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir of Kenya pulled away late to win the London Marathon women’s race on Sunday and cement her status as the favorite to defend her gold in Paris.

(CNN) — It was billed as a race that would be harder to win than the Olympic marathon gold in Paris and the London Marathon’s elite women’s race did not disappoint as reigning Olympic ...

Peres Jepchirchir, the reigning Olympic gold medalist from Kenya, set a women’s-only world record Sunday at the London Marathon, bursting from a pack of stellar runners in the elite field.

Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir of Kenya pulled away late to win the London Marathon women's race on Sunday and cement her status as the favorite to defend her gold in Paris.

Reigning Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir crushed the women's-only world record in winning the 44th London Marathon on Sunday.

Jepchirchir, regarded as one of the greatest female distance runners of all time, raised her arms in jubilation as she crossed the tape in two hours, 16 minutes and 16 seconds. The Kenyan broke the ...

Reigning Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir crushed the women’s-only world record in winning the 44th London Marathon on Sunday, while Kenyan compatriot Alexander Mutiso Munyao pulled away from ...

Reigning Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir of Kenya crushed the women's-only world record in winning the London Marathon on Sunday. Jepchirchir, 30, pulled away over the final 300 meters in a ...

It was billed as a harder race to win than the Olympic marathon gold in Paris and the London Marathon’s elite women’s race did not disappoint as reigning Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir won ...

(CNN) — It was billed as a race that would be harder to win than the Olympic marathon gold in Paris and the London Marathon’s elite women’s race did not ...

Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir of Kenya pulled away late to win the London Marathon women’s race on Sunday and cement her status as the favorite to defend her gold in Paris.