Australia’s Madison de Rozario has won the London Marathon for the second time following a remarkable finish.
De Rozario, who won gold at the Tokyo Paralympics, prevailed by just one second over the defending champion, Manuela Schär from Switzerland.
The 29-year-old finished in one hour, 38 minutes and 51 seconds. Incredibly, the top four were separated by just six seconds.
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“That last 1200 metres was incredibly intense,” de Rozario told Nine’s Today.
“There’s four of us, so everyone can do the very quick maths, one of us is not ending up on this podium.
“All four of us thought that we would be the fourth, there’s so much respect in that top four.”
The Australian also won the event in 2018.
“It was an incredibly tough field, the four of us pushed together for almost the entire 42 kilometres,” she said.
“In those moments you look at everyone around you and you’re listing everything they’ve ever done, every achievement, every race they’ve won.
“Those list of strengths is so long, and the list of flaws is so incredibly short, it’s an intimidating group to push with.
“To bring it home like that is unreal.”
Meanwhile, Kenyan Kelvin Kiptum collapsed to the ground after recording the second fastest time ever.
Kiptum won the men’s race in two hours, one minute and 25 seconds, just 16 seconds outside Eliud Kipchoge’s world record.
“I am so happy with the result,” said Kiptum. “I don’t know what to say right now, I am just grateful. The course felt good, there was a bit of rain around halfway but it was OK.
“I enjoy doing the marathons, it is good preparation for me. I loved it, I am very happy.”
Distance great Mo Farah finished ninth in his final marathon.
In the women’s event, Sifan Hassan overcame a hip injury to claim victory, to add to her Olympic gold medals in the 5000 and 10,000 metres.
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