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Three London champions celebrate AWMM series XIII victories
2021 London Marathon champions Joyciline Jepkosgei, Marcel Hug and Manuela
Schär are celebrating further success after being crowned Abbott World
Marathon Majors (AbbottWMM) Series XIII winners.
Abbott WMM champions are crowned based on the results of the six marathon
majors (Tokyo, Boston, London, Berlin, Chicago and New York), plus Olympic,
Paralympic and World Championship marathons over a set period of time.
Series XIII, which was punctuated by the pandemic, started at the Bank of
America Chicago Marathon in 2019 and finished at the 2021 TCS New York City
Marathon on Sunday 7 November.
London's reigning elite women champion Jepkosgei (KEN) was the joint winner
of the female Series XIII title alongside Peres Jepchirchir (KEN), with
both athletes finishing level on points with two wins each.
Jepkosgei won the 2019 TCS New York City Marathon before triumphing on her
London debut in 2021. Jepchirchir won the Olympic Games marathon before
winning in New York. World record holder and two-time London Marathon
champion Brigid Kosgei (KEN) also finished level on points with Jepkosgei
and Jepchirchir but lost out on head-to-heads to her Kenyan rivals.
In the male wheelchair category, Hug (SUI) was a dominant winner after
blazing a trail through the calendar in 2021 with victory in the Paralympic
Marathon followed by wins in Berlin, London, Boston and New York City.
Great Britain's David Weir finished in third place, one spot behind Daniel
Romanchuk (USA).
Schär, who set a new London Marathon course record of 1:39:52 in 2021, won
her third consecutive women's wheelchair series title with a maximum five
wins and three bonus point hauls throughout the series. Tatyana McFadden
took second place on the leaderboard while Australia's Madison de Rozario
was third.
The men's division was won by Kenya's Albert Korir who won the 2021 TCS New
York City Marathon and was runner-up in the Big Apple in 2019.
2021 London Marathon champion Sisay Lemma (ETH) was second and Vincent
Kipchumba (KEN), the runner-up in London for the past two years, was third
overall.
Tim Hadzima, Executive Director of AbbottWMM said: "This is the first time
we have had joint champions in the Women's Elite Series which shows the
strength of the field in women's marathon running right now.
"After starting the Series back at the 2019 Bank of America Chicago
Marathon, this has been a long time coming but it will go down as one of
the most competitive yet and we can't wait for Series XIV to kick off in
Tokyo next year."
The Series will move to a calendar format next year commencing at the Tokyo
Marathon in March and concluding at the TCS New York City Marathon next
November.
Series XIII Male Wheelchair Champion
Position Name Series XIII Points Prize Money
1 Marcel Hug 149 $50,000
2 Daniel Romanchuk 131 $25,000
3 David Weir 66 $10,000
Series XIII Female Wheelchair Champion
Position Name Series XIII Points Prize Money
1 Manuela Schär 149 $50,000
2 Tatyana McFadden 97 $25,000
3 Madison de Rozario 50 $10,000
Series XIII Male Champion
Position Name Series XIII Points Prize Money
1 Albert Korir 41 $250,000
2 Sisay Lemma 34 $50,000
3 Vincent Kipchumba 32 $25,000
Series XII Female Champion
Position Name Series XIII Points Prize Money
1 Peres Jepchirchir 50* $150,000
2 Joyciline Jepkosgei 50 $150,000
3 Brigid Kosgei 50 $25,000
* = Both Jepchirchir and Jepkosgei defeated Kosgei in head-to-head races
and are declared joint champions.
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