Peres Jepchirchir and Kenenisa Bekele impress in London Marathon

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Peres Jepchirchir Peres Jepchirchir of Kenya is a two-time World Athletics Half Marathon Champion, women’s-only half-marathon world record holder (1:05:16) and is the Tokyo Olympic champion. On Sunday, she won the 2024 London Marathon in the time of 2:16:16 and in the process, outkicked Ethiopian Tigst Assefa. Assefa is the marathon world record holder. She […]

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