The 13th edition of the IAAF World Championships 2011 Daegu ,South Korea, kicked-off at 9:00am this morning under cloudy skies and temperatures of mid 20's deg C with the women marathon which saw Kenya completed a historic 1-2-3 clean sweep led by Edna Kiplagat who took the 1st gold medal of the championships despite a dramatic fall as a result of a collision with her team mate Sharon Cherop who finished 3rd, at the 35km drinking station.
Kiplagat, 31, a police officer and a mother of two and coached by her husband, won this championship for the 1st time after winning last year's New York marathon.
Women Marathon
Top 10 finishers:
Gold - Edna Ngeringwonv Kiplagat - 2:28:43
Silver - Priscah Jeptoo (KEN) - 2:29:00
Bronze - Sharon Jemutai Cherop - 2:29:14 (SB)
4th - Bezunesh Bekele (ETH) - 2:29:21
5th - Yukiko Akaba (JPN) - 2:29:35
6th - Zhu Xiaolin (CHN) - 2:29:58
7th - Isabellah Anderson (SWE) - 2:30:13
8th - Wang Jiali (CHN) - 2:30:25
9th - Marisa Barros (POR) - 2:30:29
10th - Remi Nakazako (JPN) - 2:30:52
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World Record : 2:15:25 - Paula Radcliffe (GBR) London 2003
Championships Record : 2:20:57 Paula Radcliffe (GBR) Helsinki 2005
Last Worlds winner : 2:25:15 Bai Xue (CHN) Berlin 2009
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