London Marathon 2019: Who were the winners?
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Eliud Kipchoge from Kenya has won the London Marathon for the fourth time!
Kipchoge ran the second fastest marathon in history, and broke the world record in Berlin last year.
It took the 34-year-old runner just two hours, two minutes, and 38 seconds to finish the course around central London.
A marathon is a really long race of 26.2 miles which take a lot of training and determination to complete.
Lots of people run in funny costumes to raise money for charity.
Afterwards he said: "The crowd in London is wonderful and that spirit pushed me. From the first kilometre to the last, everybody is shouting. I'm happy to cross the line."
Britain's Mo Farah finished fifth, 3mins 1sec behind Kipchoge while another British runner Callum Hawkins was 10th.
He said: "Congratulations to Eliud and the better man won today. He is a very special athlete and he is humble."
"If Eliud can run those sort of times it just gives us another level of possibility. It's a different mindset chasing someone and it takes the pressure off me."
Eliud Kipchoge and Brigid Kosgei after winning
The fastest woman in the race was Brigid Kosgei who beat the defending champion Vivian Cheruiyot to win the London marathon for the first time.
She crossed the finish line in 2 hours, 18 minutes, and 20 seconds.
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