Defending champion Edna Kiplagat of Kenya won her second world championship title in the women's marathon Saturday in Moscow, making a late surge to pull past Valeria Straneo of Italy.
Kiplagat won in 2 hours, 25 minutes, 44 seconds.
Straneo had led from the early minutes of the race on a flat course along the Moscow River. But Kiplagat made her move at the 40th-kilometre mark and finished nearly 15 seconds ahead of Straneo.
Kayoko Fukushi of Japan won bronze.
Canada's Lanni Marchant was 44th, with a time of 3:01:54, a season best.
Freak accident fells Semenova
Discus thrower Natalia Semenova of Ukraine was injured in qualifying Saturday in a freak accident.
Semenova was sitting on the bench in the infield when Zaneta Glanc of Poland spread her arms and imitated a throwing motion while holding the disc in her hand and hit Semenova on the nose.
Semenova's coach said the athlete's nose may have been broken but there was no immediate word from the Ukrainian team on the severity of the injury.
She made one throw of 55.79 metres but failed to reach Sunday's final.
With files from CBCSports.ca
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