Kenya's Abel Kirui comfortably won the World Championships marathon title with a break in the last four miles of the race.

Kirui produced a sustained burst to pull clear of teammate Emmanuel Mutai and win the gold medal in a championship record time of two hours six minutes and 54 seconds.

Mutai, who finished 54 seconds behind, also smashed the previous record of 2hr 8min 31sec set by Jaouad Gharib six years ago in Paris.

Ethiopia's Olympic bronze medallist Tsegaye Kebede again took third place clocking 2hr 8min 35sec.