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Kipsang, Makau target win despite Boston bomb blasts

Barely a week since the fatal Boston Marathon bombings, the Kenyan distance running armada have set their sights on excelling at Sunday’s London Marathon in what are arguably the toughest fields ever assembled.

 The men’s line-up reads like an Oscar list of distance running glitterati with the Kenyans and Ethiopian athletes being joined by surprise Ugandan Olympics gold medallist Stephen Kiprotich.

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