Martin Lel and Irina Mikitenko win London Marathon

Martin Lel has won the London Marathon for the third time in four years in a sprint finish.

He made it a Kenyan 1-2 by beating Sammy Wanjiru and finishing in 2 hours, 5 minutes, 15 seconds. Lel also won in 2005 and '07.

Irina Mikitenko has won the women's race in only her second attempt at the distance.

The German broke away at the 38-kilometer (24-mile) mark to win in a time of 2 …