Edna Kiplagat Wins Third Abbott World Marathon Majors Series

By Adam Kopet

Edna Kiplagat has won her third Abbott World Marathon Majors series following the completion of the doping investigation of Jemima Sumgong, according to a press release.

Kiplagat won Series X with 41 points, collected in her win at the 2017 Boston Marathon and in her second-place finish at the 2016 Chicago Marathon. Series X began with the 2016 Boston Marathon and ended with the 2017 edition of the race.

The 38-year old from Kenya will receive a prize of $500,000. She joins Irina Mikitenko of Germany as the second three-time World Marathon Majors champion. Kiplagat previously won Series V and Series VIII.

Series XI is ongoing, with the next installment coming in February at the Tokyo Marathon.