Kebede, Jeptoo win London Marathon titles

Ehtiopia's Tsegaye Kebede snatched victory in the final kilometre of the London Marathon in two hours six minutes and four seconds on Sunday.

Kebede, winner in 2010, timed his attack perfectly to overhaul tiring Kenyan Emmanuel Mutai, the 2011 champion, and pull away to win by 30 seconds.

Ethiopia's Ayele Abshero was third over the 42.195km race. Last year's champion Wilson Kipsang of Kenya finished fifth with Ugandan Olympic champion Stephen Kiprotich sixth.

Britain's Olympic 5,000 and 10,000 metres champion Mo Farah had dropped out of the race at the halfway stage as planned.

Kenya's Olympic silver medallist Priscah Jeptoo won the women's title in the quickest time this year.

She set an unofficial time of two hours 20 minutes 15 seconds while world champion Edna Kiplagat was runner-up for the second successive year and Japan's Yukiko Akaba took third.

Jeptoo had been leading with Kiplagat at 30km but began to increase her pace to leave her rival trailing and eventually won by over a minute.

Ethiopia's Olympic champion and pre-race favourite Tiki Gelana dropped off the pace after colliding with a wheelchair athlete at a drinks station at 15km.