Ndereba reclaims title

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Kenya's former world record holder, beaten for the gold medal in 2005 by Paula Radcliffe in Helsinki, blunted the challenge of world leader Chunxiu Zhou with a breakaway two kilometres from home to clock a time of two hours 30minutes and 37seconds.

The Chinese winner of the Flora London Marathon in April posted a time of two hours 30min 45secs with Japan's Reiko Tosa third in two hours 30min 55secs.

Britain's Mara Yamauchi gallantly broke up the field before going backwards herself and finishing ninth.

Yamauchi, improving nine places on her finish in Helsinki, clocked a time of two hours 32mins 55secs and was a contender until the 32 kilometres point.

There the 34-year-old Japan-based athlete paid the penalty for reducing the field from 20 to nine being largely responsible for inserting a 17min 40secs split between 25km and 30km.

Yamauchi paid for that decision when her remaining rivals, Ndereba and Zhou, stepped up the pace until the closing stages, content to let others do the work.

"The men's race was decided right at the end so I thought I had to keep something in reserve," said Yamauchi a former foreign office diplomat living in Tokyo with husband Shige.

Yamauchi however, deciding to change tactics, said: "I thought this is my big chance so I've got to try, but I died a bit after that.

"It didn't hurt that much but before I knew it there was a tiny gap. I didn't panic and thought I could get back on the group. It didn't get bigger for quite a while. I tried to stay strong to the end but the gap was becoming bigger."