Competing in opposition to the very best distance runners on this planet for the primary time on the 2025 London Marathon, Olympic triathlon champion Alex Yee proved he belonged. Yee completed 14th total and was the second British runner throughout the road, recording the quickest marathon ever by an Olympic triathlete: 2:11:08.
Heading into the race, Yee stated he was concentrating on a end between 2:07 and a pair of:10. Though he was 9 seconds exterior his objective, it’s onerous to think about he’ll be too dissatisfied. His end result surpasses the earlier quickest marathon by an Olympic triathlete, Greg Billington’s 2:15:31 from the Marathon Challenge in 2020.
Yee’s determination to tackle a marathon mid-career was about chasing new challenges. “If I do the identical stuff, then I’ll keep the identical,” he advised Canadian Working in February. The London Marathon, particularly, held particular that means: Yee grew up simply quarter-hour from the beginning line in Blackheath, U.Okay. and raced the Mini London Marathon 5 instances as a junior.
Although finest recognized for his 4 Olympic triathlon medals, Yee initially got here from a operating background. He has represented Nice Britain internationally in observe and cross-country and owns private bests of 13:26 for five,000m and sub-28 minutes for 10,000m.
Paris Olympic marathoner Mahamed Mahamed was the highest British finisher, taking ninth total in 2:08:52.
A brand new Kenyan king is topped
On the entrance of the boys’s pack, Kenya’s Sabastian Sawe placed on a clinic within the closing 10 kilometres to win in 2:02:27, pulling away from Ugandan star Jacob Kiplimo. Sawe’s time was the second-fastest successful mark in London Marathon historical past, trailing solely the late Kelvin Kiptum’s 2:01:25 from the 2023 race.
In Sawe’s final 23 skilled races, he has now received 18 of them—firmly establishing himself as the following main drive in males’s marathoning.
In the meantime, four-time London champion Eliud Kipchoge, competing for the primary time since turning 40, completed sixth in 2:05:25. Kipchoge held onto the lead pack till 30K earlier than Sawe and Kiplimo pushed the tempo to an electrical 2:41/km, breaking away. Although out of competition, Kipchoge was cheered warmly by London crowds, celebrating a legendary profession that features two Olympic gold medals and numerous marathon main wins. He has already confirmed his subsequent race: the 2025 Sydney Marathon in late August.
1) Sabastian Sawe (Kenya) 2:02:27.
2) Jacob Kiplimo (Uganda) 2:03:37.
3) Alexander Mutiso Munyao (Kenya) 2:04:20.
4) Abdi Nageeye (Netherlands) 2:04:20.
5) Tamirat Tola (Ethiopia) 2:04:42.
6) Eliud Kipchoge (Kenya) 2:05:25.
7) Hillary Kipkoech (Kenya) 2:06:05.
8) Amanal Petros (Germany) 2:06:30.
9) Mahamed Mahamed (GBR) 2:08:52
10) Milkesa Mengesha (Ethiopia) 2:09:01
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For full outcomes from the 2025 London Marathon, see right here.