London Marathon 2019: Eliud Kipchoge and Brigid Kosgei Dominate

LONDON — Eliud Kipchoge, the world's most designed long distance runner, beat the remainder of the men's field at the London Marathon on Sunday for a record fourth time. 

Kipchoge, 34, who is from Kenya, finished his triumph in 2 hours 2 minutes 37 seconds — the second-quickest long distance race time on record. 

Brigid Kosgei, 25, likewise of Kenya, won the ladies' race in 2 hours 18 minutes 20 seconds. She fended off the test of another Kenyan, the 35-year-old safeguarding champion, Vivian Cheruiyot. 

Mo Farah, a standout amongst Britain's best track competitors and a most loved to win the men's race, completed fifth. The last time he ran the London race, he set third. 

"I'm unquestionably baffled," Farah, 36, revealed to BBC Sport on Sunday. "Preparing's gone well, yet it's one of nowadays." 

Around 43,000 participated in the race, breaking the occasion's record and making the 39th London Marathon the greatest yet, the coordinators said in an announcement. 

Among the sprinters were club competitors, individuals from Parliament and TV stars. Many wearing outfit — including giraffes, chimes, vehicles and even Big Ben — for philanthropy. The coordinators said a record 1 billion pounds, or about $1.3 billion, had been raised. 

The race took sprinters on a course along the River Thames and through territories, for example, Greenwich and the Isle of Dogs, past tourist spots including the Tower of London and Buckingham Palace, with the end goal on the Mall, close St. James' Park. 

Kipchoge disclosed to BBC Sport: "I'm glad to win in the city of London for the fourth time and to leave a mark on the world. The group in London is awesome, and that soul pushed me." 

Kosgei told the supporter that she was pleased to have crushed her own best in winning the race. "I am excited with that," she said. "I generally guarantee myself in the last mile that I could never run another progression. Yet, this isn't my retirement." 

In the prelude to the long distance race, onlookers had thought about how Farah's fight with a previous world-class long-remove sprinter, Haile Gebrselassie of Ethiopia, would influence his execution. The question spilled beyond all detectable inhibitions this previous week, when Farah uncovered he had as of late been the casualty of a robbery in a lodging that Gebrselassie, 46, claims outside Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital. 

Farah had spent the previous couple of months preparing there, and he denounced the Ethiopian, once viewed as the world's most noteworthy separation sprinter, of disregarding his solicitations for help. 

The British competitor said the debate had not occupied him by any stretch of the imagination. 

"It's about London Marathon," he said. "I didn't intend to remove any spotlight from the game, and yet I simply put my head down and did what I expected to do."