Posted: April 23, 2006

Athletics: Victory, National Record For Kastor In London

By Bob Ramsak
© 2006 TRACK PROFILE Report, all rights reserved

Deena Kastor shattered her own American record today en route to her win at the Flora London Marathon.

Kastor, the pre-race favorite following the withdrawal of world record holder Paula Radcliffe, clocked 2:19:35 unofficially to become the fourth fastest woman to ever cover the distance, easily bettering her previous best of 2:21:16 set in this race three years ago when she finished third. The 33-year-old became only the eighth woman to complete the distance in under 2:20.

Women's All-time Performers:
2:15:25   Paula Radcliffe, GBR, London 2003 
2:18:47   Catherine Ndereba, KEN, Chicago 2001 
2:19:12   Mizuki Noguchi JPN, Berlin 2005 
2:19:35*  Deena Kastor, USA, London 2006
2:19:39   Sun Yingjie, CHN, Beijing 2003 

* unofficial

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