Women's world record holder Ruth Chepngetich is set to race in the London Marathon on 27 April. The Kenyan, 30, ran the fastest time in history by a female athlete at the Chicago Marathon in October, clocking two hours, nine minutes and 57 seconds.

The first woman in history to run a sub-2:10 marathon, Chepngetich will join a supreme suite of athletes in London this year – and she expects more records to fall

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