Lokedi was unable to break her course record of two hours, 17 minutes and 22 seconds, which she set last year, but crossed the line 44 seconds clear of fellow Kenyan Loice Chemnung in second.

“I just kept telling myself ‘Be patient, be humble, you can do this’,” Lokedi, who won the 2022 New York Marathon, said.

“And then I saw a little girl who said ‘You got this, ladies!’ And it was so cute, and that was what I needed.”

Britain’s Calli Hauger-Thackery, who is 22 weeks pregnant, completed the race in two hours, 43 minutes and 58 seconds.

Hauger-Thackery, 33, won the Honolulu Marathon when four weeks pregnant and won the Houston Marathon one month later.