Radcliffe bids farewell in London
The 41-year-old Radcliffe, plagued by injuries in recent years, had vowed to pound the 42km course around Britain's capital city just one more time and was good to her word. Those 12 years ago, Radciffe stunned the world of athletics with a time of two hours 15 minutes 25 seconds and also produced two other sub two-hour 18 minutes performances for the marathon distance at the peak of her career. To put it into context, the winning time of the 2015 London women's winner, Ethiopia's Tigist Tufa, was just under eight minutes slower than Radcliffe's of 2003. In cold and windy conditions, it was nevertheless a fine performance from Tufa, who relegated two-time former winner Mary Keitany of Kenya to second place. The men's race was won by Eliud Kipchoge, who led a Kenyan clean sweep of the podium places with a time of two hours four minutes 42 seconds. He burst clear in the closing stages to beat defending London champion Wilson Kipsang, with world record-holder Dennis K...