Kiplagat defends women's marathon world gold
Defending champion of Kenya won her 2nd world championship title in women's marathon Saturday.
MOSCOW (AP) - Defending champion Edna Kiplagat of Kenya won her second world championship title in the women s marathon Saturday, making a late surge to pull past Valeria Straneo of Italy.
Kiplagat won in 2 hours, 25 minutes, 44 seconds.
Straneo had led from the early minutes of the race on a flat course along the Moscow River. But Kiplagat made her move at the 40th-kilometer (25th-mile) mark and finished nearly 15 seconds ahead of Straneo.
Kayoko Fukushi of Japan won bronze, nearly a minute behind the winner.
