Sofjia Yaremchuk Sets New Italian Record at London Marathon

London Marathon rewards Italian Sofia Yaremchuk (pictured) who signs the new Italian record in 2h23:14. Seventh at the finish line with a very regular conduct and always in the top ten of the elite runners, the Army representative lowers by two seconds her record in the 42,195 kilometers set on December 3, 2023 in Valencia. An exemplary performance, always on the foot of 3:23-3:26 every thousand meters and the best time obtained at the halfway point of the race (3:20). A performance that is intrinsically worth more than what was recorded by the official times, considering that the race with separate starts for men and women forced the Italian to manage the crucial phases alone and the comeback in the second half.

The race of Yeman Crippa it stopped between the 30th and 35th km. The last measurement placed the blue of the Fiamme Oro in eleventh position at the 30th km mark with a minute and eighteen seconds of delay on the large leading group (nine athletes), in line with the projection on the Italian record. A race in which Crippa always held a position between eleventh and twelfth, at 2:58, to then slow down after the half (1h01:55).

Success is of Sabastia Sawe who triumphs in 2:02:27 in the second marathon of his career, with the tenth best performance ever and second in the London Marathon, the best world result of 2025. Behind Sawe, an extraordinary debut by the world record holder in the half marathon, Ugandan Jacob Kiplimo, second with the national record of 2:03:37. To complete the podium, a double finish with Kenyan Alexander Mutiso, winner a year ago, who prevails in 2:04:20 over Dutchman Abdi Nageeye, who signs with the same time the national record and the fourth best European performance ever.

In wheelchair racing, the Swiss Marcel Hug after Boston also conquers London (1h25:25). Second, the Japanese Tomoki Suzuki in 1h26:09, third to repeat the podium of Boston last Monday, the Dutch Jetze Plat (1h26:49). Switzerland again in the women's challenge, won for the third time in London by Catherine DeBrunner with the race record in 1h34:18.