35-year-old Mary Keithani showed at the prestigious marathon in London the second best result in the history of the women's marathon and the best figure in the races unaccompanied by men.

Finish time of Kenyan champion - 2:17:01.

The world record in this discipline belongs to the British Paul Radcliffe (2:15:25).

However, this result was shown at a mixed start, accompanied by men.

In the same year, women and men started separately.

In men, the victory here was celebrated by a young Kenyan stayer Daniel Wanjiru.

25-year-old marathon runner in a fierce confrontation with the owner of three gold medals of the Olympic Games Kenenisa Bekele won the victory with the time 2:05:49.

Recall, recently Olympic champion Rio-2016 in a marathon caught on doping.