On Sunday, October 2, we saw elite and everyday enthusiasts stepping up to the starting line for the 42nd edition of the London Marathon, know the 2022 prize money and results today
Great Britain’s biggest road race featured some thrilling races and memorable highlights. Here’s all the round up action and winners list from today’s event.
London Marathon 2022 Full Winners List, Live Results Today, Men And Women Winner, Winning Time, Prize Money
The total amount of prize money on offer has increased by $57,800 (£48,000) from $141,700 (£118,700) to $199,500 (£167,000) and te two winners, Hug and Debrunner, will receive $35,000 (£29,300) each, an increase of $25,000 (£20,900) from last year’s marathon.
Congratulations to Amos Kipruto on your maiden London Marathon victory. We are proud of you. Well in Joyciline Jepkosgei for finishing second in the Women's race. Well done. pic.twitter.com/PiAVbQc6tN
— William Samoei Ruto, PhD (@WilliamsRuto) October 2, 2022
Anthony Joshua is just a better sporting star than Tyson Fury…does so much more for people.
The man doesn’t really need to be at the London Marathon…but he is there.
I don’t care if people say it’s contrived, Fury does nothing if it doesn’t involve Tommy Robinson fans. pic.twitter.com/CFFSPew5Md
— Highfield Boxing (@highfieldboxing) October 2, 2022
BREAKING: Amos Kipruto wins the men's London Marathon#LondonMarathon pic.twitter.com/mDOjP2njnu
— NTV Kenya (@ntvkenya) October 2, 2022
London Marathon Winner’s List
Yalemzerf Yehualaw
Six months after running the fastest debut marathon ever, Yalemzerf Yehualaw won the London Marathon in 2:17:26.
Despite taking a hard fall in the 2nd half of the race Yalemzerf fought her way back to claim the title of her first World Marathon Major.
Joyciline Jepkosgei
Joyciline, who participated in the race from Kenya, finished second in 2:18:07.
Alemu Megertu
Ethiopian native Alemu placed third in 2:18:32.
In total, we have 6 women who ran under 2:20 including Judith Korir of Kenya, who finished in 2:18:43, Joan Melly from Romania, who finished in 2:19:27 and Ashete Bekere of Ethiopia. Ashete finished in 2:19:30.
After the half marathon split, the top group began to shrink slightly and that’s when the race’s pace started to pick up.
Led by Yehualaw, the top 6 runners hit the 35K in 1:21:29 by covering the last 5K in 16:04. It’s the fastest since the early miles.
At around 1:45, Yehualaw took a hard fall on the course but the ethiopian racer was able to recover and rejoined the lead group.
The first break of the race took place just before 35K when Jepkosgei, Korir, Megertu, and Yehualaw surged ahead, leaving Kebede, Melly, and Bekere behind.
The 2nd breakway followed just after 2 hour mark when Yehualaw made a decisive move to the front and dropped the remaining contestants.
The Ethiopian racer maintained her sizable lead all the way through the finish line.
Men’s Elite
Kipruto Outlasts the Competition,
In Men’s elite, Amos Kipruro pulled away from a deep field to win today’s race. The Kenyan racer ran 2:04:39, breaking the race open at mile 24, which he covered in 4:36.
Leul Gebresilase
The Ethiopian racer Leul earned silver in 2:05:12.
Belgian Bashir
Abdi ran in 2:05:19 for third position.
Kipruto kept on running, pressing hard over mile 24 and sealed his impending victory. While Leul, Ethiopian racer, outdueled Abdi for second.
Meanwhile crowd was watching the front, a 40-year-old, Bekele, held on to pick up 2 places over the final miles, finishing 5th in 2:05:53.
Bekele’s time broke the previous masters record of 2:06:25 set by an Spain runner Ayad Lamdassem earlier this year.
The American’s Elite Fare
Speaking about the American Women’s race, Marci Klimek finished 11th in 2:37:56. Marci was the first American to reach the finish line after running the majority of the race solo in a separate women’s start.
Speaking about the American Men’s race, Andrew McCann was the top American in the men’s Elite race. Andrew finished 17th in 2:21:39.
Men’s Wheelchair Course Record
In a duel that marathon fans are used to seeing, wheelchair elites Marcel Hug from Switzerland and Daniel Romanchuk from the US broke away from the pack and built a 3-minute lead by the 25k mark.
Hug took the brunt of the pace until the final turn, where the US native shot to the inside to attempt a pass.
However, Hug was too strong for the American as he powered away to break the tape in a new course record time of 1:24:38. As A Result, Daniel finished under the previous record with a time of 1:24:40.
Women’s Wheelchair Race Winner
Just a week ago, Catherine Debrunner from Switzerland was atop the podium at the Berlin Marathon.
That was her first race at the distance. Now, the racer has doubled down on that effort with her another victory in London.
Despite a crash in the middle stages, Catherine won nearly by 4 minutes, besting the course record with her 1:38:24 time.
Following her, Susannah Scaroni from the US took 2nd place in 1:42:21. While Eden Rainbow-Cooper from Great Britain took 3rd place in 1:47:27 time.