Assefa beat the women's only record set by Kenya's Peres Jepchirchir in 2024 by 26 seconds as Sawe finished 70 seconds clear of the field.

Sunday's London Marathon set a world record for the number of finishers, eclipsing the previous mark of 55,646 in New York last year, organisers said.

Ethiopia’s Tigst Assefa won a thrilling women’s race at the London Marathon on Sunday, striding away from everyone else to take victory and set a new women’s-only world record too.