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.

Sabastian Sawe used smart tactics to pull away for the men's title in the London Marathon, while Tigst Assefa smashed the women’s-only world record.

Running his first major marathon in unusually warm temperatures, Sabastian Kawe made it look easy. The Kenyan runner made a solo breakaway with about 10 kilometers left and never looked like wavering in the sunshine as he cruised to victory in the London Marathon on Sunday.