Women's world record holder Ruth Chepngetich is set to race in the London Marathon on 27 April. The Kenyan, 30, ran the fastest time in history by a female athlete at the Chicago Marathon in October,

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Peres Jepchirchir and Alexander Mutiso Munyao will defend their TCS London Marathon titles on Sunday 27 April, organisers of the World Athletics Platinum Label road race have confirmed.

Ruth Chepngetich, the world marathon record holder, will compete in the London Marathon, aiming to break more records. She previously set a landmark time in Chicago, and now, along with stiff competition from elite athletes like Peres Jepchirchir and Sifan Hassan,

Emile Cairess leads the British charge at this year's London Marathon, where Eilish McColgan will make her debut over the distance on 27 April.

Event organizers announced today that women's marathon world record holder Ruth Chepngetich will race the 2025 TCS London Marathon on April 27. Chepngetich, who clocked the fastest women's marathon ever of 2:09:56 at the 2024 Chicago Marathon, stands as the only woman to have ever gone under 2:10 at the distance.

The first woman in history to run a sub-2:10 marathon, Chepngetich will join a supreme suite of athletes in London this year – and she expects more records to fall

Kenyan clocked 2:09:56 in Chicago last year and will now take on Sifan Hassan and Peres Jepchirchir in the British capital on April 27

Women's marathon world record holder Ruth Chepngetich will race the London Marathon in April, the Kenyan said, adding that she expects a new record could be set in Britain's capital. The