Alex Yee moved into second place in the British men’s all-time rankings with a stunning time of 2:06:38 at the 2025 Valencia Marathon.
The Olympic champion triathlete, who won gold in Paris 2024, is focusing on training between races as he prepares for Los Angeles 2028.
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Yu set a personal best (2:11:08) in 4:30 after making her debut at the London Marathon earlier this year.
Yee now trails Sir Mo Farah (2:05:11), ahead of previous second place Emile Cairess (2:06:46), who had overtaken Yee and training partner Phil Sesemann, who ran a personal best of 2:07:11 for much of the race before withdrawing.
“I’m excited to have one final push in the marathon,” Yu said beforehand, outlining his intention to return to triathlon regardless of the result in Spain.
Alex Yee reacts after finishing seventh at 2025 Valencia Marathon (Reuters)
Although the 27-year-old may reconsider his plans after finishing behind winner John Collier in his seventh overall time (2:02:24), the Kenyan bounced back from a DNF at the Chicago Marathon to build on his victory at the 2025 Boston Marathon with a victory in Valencia.
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2025 World Championships silver medalist Amanal Petros of Germany returns to the podium again (2:04:03), with Norway’s Awet Kibrab third on the national record (2:04:24).
Kenyan runner John Collier reacts after winning Valencia Marathon (Reuters)
Compatriot Joyciline Jepkosgei performed well in the women’s race, running her fastest time of the year in 2:14:00, beating Peres Jepchirchir (2:14:43), with Chloe Herbiet (2:20:38) in third.
Jonny Mellor (2:08:45) was the third Briton in the men’s race and Natasha Wilson (2:24:22) became the first Briton in the women’s race ahead of Lily Partridge (2:27:55) and Verity Hopkins (2:31:22). Here are the standings for the men’s and women’s competition:
Joyciline Jepkosgei from Kenya crossed the finish line in first place (Getty Images)
Men’s elite competition
1 John Collier (Ken) 2:02:24
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2 Petros, Amanar (Germany) 2:04:03
3KIBRAB, Awe (Norway) 2:04:24
4 Osaka SUGURU (Japan) 2:04:55
5 Ayele, Gasau (ISR) 2:05:29
6KANGOGO, JUSTUS (KEN) 2:06:10
7YEE, Alex (UK) 2:06:38
8BOUR, Felix (France) 2:06:41
9TESFU, Philmont (Ned) 2:06:42
10DIDA, Gemechu (ETH) 2:06:45
11PFEIFFER, Hendrik (Germany) 2:06:45
12FITWI, Samuel (Germany) 2:07:01
13 Philip Sesserman (UK) 2:07:11
14 Edward Cheserek (Ken) 2:07:13
15 Patrick Mosin (Ken) 2:07:17
16 Ibrahim Zakir (ESP) 2:07:21
17 Gundoin, Valentin (France) 2:07:54
18 Kipkochi, Hillary (Ken) 2:08:13
19 Jorge Gonzalez Rivera (ESP) 2:08:34
20 Samuel Barata (PRT) 2:08:40
21 Naseem Hassos (ESP) 2:08:44
22 Jonny Mellor (UK) 2:08:45
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23 Mayo Nieto, Carlos (ESP) 2:08:53
24 Simon Boch (Germany) 2:08:55
25LEMMA, Xisai (ETH) 2:08:58
26 Carl, Fernando (ESP) 2:09:07
27 Navarro, Nico (France) 2:09:24
28 Jorge Blanco (ESP) 2:09:27
29 Bastien Augusto (France) 2:09:36
30 Jorge Cruz (Mexico) 2:09:43
31 Pablo Sanchez (ESP) 2:09:45
32 Jason Botto (France) 2:09:52
33MENGES, Tweald (UK) 2:10:00
34 Adam Norwich (POL) 2:10:02
35 Olmos Pascual, Angel of Jesus (ESP) 2:10:16
36 Guisemo, Joseph Joshua (TZA) 2:10:31
37 Ben Connor (UK) 2:10:49
38 Kripa, Yeman (Italy) 2:10:59
39 Jacob Simonsen (Denmark) 2:11:10
40Do Canto, Thomas (Australia) 2:11:14
41 Dorian Bulvin (Belgium) 2:11:25
42 Aziz Bouchbar (France) 2:11:29
Women’s elite competition
1JEPKOSGEI, Joycelyn (KEN) 2:14:00
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2Jepchurchier, Perez (Ken) 2:14:43
3 Chloe Herbit (Belgium) 2:20:38
4VAINIO, Alisa (Finland) NR2:20:48
5 Jessica Stenson (Australia) NR2:21:24
6XABA, Glen Ross (ZAF) 2:23:22
7BATT-DOYLE, Isobel (Australia) 2:23:35
8 Salpeter Rona (ISR) 2:23:45
9SOLER, Merritt Sale (ESP) 2:23:49
10 Natasha Wilson (UK) 2:24:21
11 Navarrete, Este (ESP) 2:24:31
12 Elmore, Malindi (Canada) 2:24:53
British men’s marathon rankings
12:05:11 Mohamed Farah, Chicago, 2018
22:06:38 Alex Yee, Valencia 2025
32:06:46 Emile Keres, London 2024
42:07:05 Mohammed Mohammed, London 2024
52:07:11 Philipp Theisman, Valencia 2025
62:07:13 Steve Jones, Chicago 1985
72:08:14 Callum Hawkins, London 2019
82:08:33 Charlie Spedding, London 1985
92:08:36 Richard Niruka, London 1997
102:08:52 Paul Evans, Chicago 1996