Novice Kenyan sees off elite rivals with astonishing burstTigst Assefa wins women’s race after gruelling battleOn one of the hottest days in London marathon history, it was a novice over 26.2 miles who played it coolest of all. As temperatures climbed towards 20c, almost everyone in the elite men’s field – including Eliud Kipchoge, the greatest ever, and the Olympic champion Tamirat Tola – slowed at the 30km drinks station to grab their bottles and quench their thirst.But one athlete, the 30-year-old Kenyan Sabastian Sawe, decided water could wait and in only his second marathon he summoned a kick so devastating that he left everyone else floundering within seconds. “I saw that I had an opportunity to push and I did,” Sawe said after crossing the line in 2hr 2min 27sec, the second quickest time in London marathon history. Continue reading...