Kiplagat makes history in women's marathon as Irish entry drops out

Edna Kiplagat made history in becoming the first athlete to win back-to-back women’s marathon world titles in retaining her crown in Moscow this afternoon.

The Kenyan’s winning time of 2 hours 25 minutes 44 seconds was three minutes faster than her winning time from Daegu two years ago, despite the race beginning at 2pm local time in Moscow, to facilitate Japanese primetime television.