Wilson Kipsang from Kenya, leading Ghirmay Ghebreslassie from Eritrea, in the 2016 London Marathon
Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich (born 15 March 1982) is a Kenyan athlete who specialises in long-distance running, competing in events ranging from 10 km to the marathon. He was the bronze medallist in the marathon at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He is the former world record holder in the marathon with a time of 2:03:23, which he set at the 2013 Berlin Marathon. He has run under 2 hours 5 minutes for the marathon on six separate occasions. Kipsang is a two-time winner of the Frankfurt Marathon (2010 and 2011) and has also won the London and Berlin Marathons. He holds the twelfth best time over the half marathon distance (58:59 minutes). He won the 2014 London Marathon in a record time of 2 hours 4 minutes and 29 seconds He finished 5th in the 2016 London Marathon in a time of 02:07:52. Ghirmay Ghebreslassie (born 14 November 1995) is an Eritrean long distance runner who specialises in the marathon. He won the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China. He is the youngest winner of the marathon at the World Championships. Ghebreslassie placed 7th at the 2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships Junior men's race in Bydgoszcz, Poland. Ghebreslassie also placed 7th at the 2014 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships senior men's race in Copenhagen, Denmark. Eritrea won the team competiton but Ghebrelassie was not counted in because he was fourth best of the Eritreans. On 22 August 2015 Ghebreslassie placed 1st winning the gold medal in the senior men's marathon race at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics competition held in Beijing, China. Ghebreslassie, at 19-years of age, became the youngest ever world marathon the race he took lead from Lesotho's Tsepo Ramonene Mathibelle at 36km and 1:52 followed by Ethiopian Yemane Tsegay. Ghebreslassie and Tsegay shared lead for a while until at 2:02 Ghebreslassie started to take clear lead and finished first at 2hr 12min 28sec. The race was done in clear conditions and temperatures around 27.
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Location: North Colonade, West India Quay, Canary Wharf, London
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Keywords: 2016, athlete, distance, eritrean, ghebreslassie, ghirmay, kenyan, kipsang, london, marathon, olympian, olympic, runners, wilson
