Kenya's Langat retains men's title, Canada's Davies has historic debut at Toronto Waterfront Marathon

Kenya's Leonard Langat successfully defended his title while Andrew Davies of Vancouver made Canadian history on Sunday at the Toronto Waterfront Marathon.

Langat won the men's race in two hours six minutes 51 seconds.

Langat finished ahead of compatriots Fanny Kiprotich (2:07:21), Noah Kipkemboi (2:09:25), Asbel Rutto (2:07:32) and Elvis Cheboi (2:07:37) in the 42.2-kilometre race.

Davies won the Canadian men's title, finishing ninth in 2:08:48 for the fastest-ever marathon debut by a Canadian. The 25-year-old became the fourth-fastest Canadian marathoner of all time.

John Gay of Kelowna, B.C., set a personal best to finish 10th in 2:13:01.

The race was a World Athletics Elite Label event but also served as Athletics Canada's national marathon championships.

Leah Jeruto, also of Kenya, won the women's race in 2:21:19. She finished ahead of Ethiopians Nigsti Haftu (2:21:34) and Ayinadis Teshome (2:22:51).

Dayna Pidhoresky of Windsor, Ont., finished eighth in a personal-best time of 2:26:08 to capture her second Canadian title and first since 2019. She became the third-fastest Canadian woman in history.

Florence Caron of La Malbaie, Que., was 10th in 2:29:32.

Canadians swept the half marathons. Dylan Alick of Mississauga, Ont., won the men's race in 1:03:49 while Teagan Robertson of Kingston, Ont., topped the women's event in 1:13:58.