Press Release - London Marathon - 4/16/24

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

                   Geoffrey Kamworor out of the 2024 race

Geoffrey Kamworor (KEN) has withdrawn from the 2024 TCS London Marathon due 
to injury. 

The Kenyan, who finished second in last year's TCS London Marathon, has 
been suffering from irritation of his hip flexor and has not flown to 
London for Sunday's race. 

The two champions from yesterday's Boston Marathon wheelchair races will be 
heading to London looking to make it two Abbott World Marathon Major wins 
in a week. 

This includes Eden Rainbow-Cooper who became the first Briton to win a 
wheelchair race at the Boston Marathon and the first Briton to win any of 
Boston's elite races since Geoff Smith in 1985. 

Rainbow-Cooper finished third at the 2022 TCS London Marathon and was 
runner-up at last year's BMW Berlin Marathon and this year's Tokyo 
Marathon. 

The 22-year-old said after her win in Boston: "It really took everything. 
It was such a mentally tough challenge. Pushing a marathon on your own is 
so difficult. I only started [the marathon] two years ago, and I have put 
absolutely everything into it, and I really can't believe this. 

"I just had my head down for the whole race and was just focusing on my own 
race. I had absolutely nothing left at the end, but the crowd carried me 
through. 

Rainbow-Cooper finished in 1:35:11, ahead of the multiple Abbott World 
Marathon Major winner Manuela Schär (SUI) and defending TCS London Marathon 
champion Madison de Rozario (AUS). 

Pre-race favourite Marcel Hug (SUI) won the men's wheelchair race, setting 
a course record in the process despite crashing at Mile 18. 

Hug finished in a time of 1:15:33, beating his previous best of 1:17:06 to 
continue a streak of 11 consecutive marathon wins. 

Britain's David Weir finished in third place in 1:22:12 with USA's Daniel 
Romanchuk second in 1:20:37. 

All of the top three in both the men's and women's races will be racing at 
the TCS London Marathon on Sunday. 

For up-to-date information on start lists and athlete biographies for the 
2024 TCS London Marathon, see here. 

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