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 LONDON (AP) - Martin Lel of Kenya won the London Marathon for the third time in four years Sunday, setting a course record in the rain and wind on a route that detoured because of a gas leak on a road just over Tower Bridge.
Irina Mikitenko of Germany captured the women's race in only her second attempt at the distance.
Lel outsprinted Sammy Wanjiru to win in a personal best of 2 hours, 5 minutes, 15 seconds. The two Kenyans and Abderrahim Goumri of Morocco had pulled away at 23 miles.
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