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London Marathon: Jepchirchir breaks women’s world record, Munyao beats Bekele in men’s race – as it happened | London Marathon

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April 21, 2024

London Marathon: Jepchirchir breaks women’s world record, Munyao beats Bekele in men’s race – as it happened | London Marathon

A massive effort from the Kenyan in the end there to break away from Bekele, who comes in second. The winner finishes with a time of 2:04:01.

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What an ending to that race! The Kenyan breaks the women’s-only world record. That is the fastest marathon she has ever run at 2:16:16 and she now heads to Paris as a favourite to defend her title. She is in tears after crossing the finishing line.

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Debrunner is around five minutes ahead of Manuela Schär as she crosses the finish line. A hugely dominant victory as she finishes with a time of 1:38:52. We’ll get confirmation of who else makes the podium soon.

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And that is confirmation of the double victory for the Swiss in the wheelchair races.

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Hug is the champion of London for the fifth time! He’s all alone with Buckingham Palace behind him as he passes the finish line with a time of 1:28:33.

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Romanchuk comes in second and Weir comes in third, with huge cheers from the crowd for the Briton.

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Just kidding. The most I have ever run in one go was a 5km race when I was about 12 years old. And that is only because I had to for school.

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9.05am: Elite wheelchair men’s and women’s races (all times in BST)

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9.25am: Elite women’s race

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10am: Elite men’s race and mass start

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Key occasions

That concludes our protection of the 2024 London Marathon. There are nonetheless runners participating however a few of them gained’t cross the end line till round 7pm this night.

What we do know although is the winners of the elite races.

Wheelchair girls: Catherine Debrunner (Switzerland) 1:38:54

Wheelchair males: Marcel Hug (Switzerland) 1:28:35

Ladies: Peres Jepchirchir (Kenya) 2:16:16

Males: Alexander Munyao (Kenya) 2:04:01

Emile Cairess finishes third at to ebook Olympic spot

Peres Jepchirchir beats girls’s-only world file

Thanks for becoming a member of me. See you subsequent time!

London, you're trying unbelievable! 🇬🇧♥️ pic.twitter.com/pddeDK5fNn

— TCS London Marathon (@LondonMarathon) April 21, 2024

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There are 79 world data which can be being tried to be damaged on the London Marathon.

As you already know, Peres Jepchirchir beat the ladies’s-only world file to win the London Marathon.

What a improbable marathon! 👏
Peres Jepchirchir runs the quickest feminine marathon ever with a time of 02:16:16 🙌@LondonMarathon pic.twitter.com/jpP3gL0WSE

— Guinness World Information (@GWR) April 21, 2024

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However listed here are some others, courtesy of Guinness World Information.

What a improbable race🌊
Marcus Mumford broke the file for the quickest marathon whereas dressed as a faucet/faucet (male)✨@WaterAid #LondonMarathon pic.twitter.com/XLE8FvAcwi

— Guinness World Information (@GWR) April 21, 2024

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Congratulations to Alison Stewart  😎
Quickest marathon as a videogame character (feminine)  dressed as Avenue Fighter’s Chun-Li 😍#LondonMarathon pic.twitter.com/31jxA936fn

— Guinness World Information (@GWR) April 21, 2024

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Congrats Ian Howard for a improbable race 💨👟
Quickest marathon dressed as a rotating puzzle dice (male) #LondonMarathon pic.twitter.com/Q0g4pOtuY5

— Guinness World Information (@GWR) April 21, 2024

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Enormous congrats to Jonathan Astle 🏃‍♂️👏
He ran the quickest marathon with a number of sclerosis (male) #LondonMarathon pic.twitter.com/5Xzug1d4SW

— Guinness World Information (@GWR) April 21, 2024

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David Weir provides his ideas on his efficiency and his new wheels:

It was a troublesome race at this time. I needed to compete with Daniel [Romanchuk] and Marcel [Hug]. I achieved effectively in Boston final week; I obtained a PB so I had the boldness. I obtained a brand new chair, much like Marcel’s. I simply gave it my all at this time. I obtained to about 20 miles with Marcel. Final yr I solely lasted about three miles with him. I’m 45 years previous in a few months so I’m actually proud of my efficiency to get third at this time.

The chair is a full carbon chair. And it has made a large distinction. It goes over bumps effectively. It’s aero dynamic. With the wind at this time, it cuts via it so simply. However you continue to have to coach and grasp it and get used to it.

David Weir positioned third after his twenty fifth consecutive London Marathon. {Photograph}: Alex Davidson/Getty Photos

Sid Keyte dressed as a phone field in help of Muscular Dystrophy UK. {Photograph}: John Sibley/Reuters

London, you stunning metropolis. {Photograph}: Peter Cziborra/Reuters

Anthony Joshua takes some selfies with followers earlier than the race. {Photograph}: Zac Goodwin/PA

I’ve obtained some emails from runners and spectators who’ve shared their anecdotes of why and the way they’re collaborating at this time.

Harry says he’s a born and raised Londoner who has been operating the marathon for the previous three years. He chooses a brand new trigger yearly and this yr, he has chosen Versus Arthritis: “Seeing how arthritis impacts individuals first-hand impressed me to boost consciousness.”

Jake has travelled from New York and says: “I heard London was more durable than the race in NYC. I needed to see if that basically was the case for myself. I’m presently taking a break at Tower Bridge and I by no means have needed to take a break within the Massive Apple so there may be your reply.”

Mia says she is supporting a group that’s operating to for the Battersea Canine & Cats Residence to be sure that “no animal in want is turned away”.

Halima simply completed the race with a private finest. “I blasted a few of my least favorite music in my ears. It made me run sooner as a result of I simply needed to get my headphones out of my ears. I tortured myself to success.”

The winners of the elite girls’s and males’s wheelchair race, Debrunner and Hug, have spoken collectively after their victories.

Debrunner on the profitable alongside her countrymate and the circumstances:

I’m actually glad concerning the win and that we might do it collectively. It’s even higher. It was actually powerful. The wind was [constant]. It was a race in opposition to the wind.

Hug on the issue of breaking away from his competitors:

It was a very wonderful race however I additionally must say it was a troublesome race. Possibly one of many hardest [for me] in a very long time. The circumstances have been powerful with quite a lot of wind. I needed to strive many many instances to interrupt away, many assaults, after which lastly it occurred. I’m so glad to win right here.

Catherine Debrunner and Marcel Hug of Switzerland pose with their medals. {Photograph}: David Cliff/AP

The London Marathon’s Charity of the 12 months is Samaritans, who help anybody in emotional misery, struggling to manage or susceptible to suicide. Amongst these participating for Crew Samaritans is Dave Lock, 62, who’s also referred to as ‘the Working Phone’.

Lock is presently racing his twenty fifth London Marathon for Samaritans. He contacted the charity himself when experiencing suicidal ideas and has labored as a listening volunteer.

Working for Samaritans is each a privilege and a pleasure. It’s simpler to run 26.2 miles than to take a name as a Samaritan volunteer. I’m as keen about Samaritans’ mission at this time as I used to be after I crossed the beginning line for my first London Marathon in 1999.

I referred to as Samaritans a couple of instances however ultimately I pulled myself out of it. What it did educate me, is that merely speaking may help you to discover a manner out. It doesn’t matter the place you might be there may be somebody to hearken to you. That’s why I’m at all times on that begin line as a phone.

Dave is only one of our 500 inspirational runners taking over #LondonMarathon at this time ☎

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Within the UK and Eire, Samaritans may be contacted on 116 123 or e-mail [email protected] or [email protected]. Within the US, the Nationwide Suicide Prevention Lifeline is 1-800-273-8255. In Australia, the disaster help service Lifeline is 13 11 14. Different worldwide helplines may be discovered at www.befrienders.org.

The non-elite runners are persevering with the race throughout London. They might not be professionals however the 50,000 some persons are all elite of their dedication and their charities and causes.

Runners cross Tower Bridge. {Photograph}: Aaron Chown/PA

Ben Kellett who’s elevating cash for the A number of Sclerosis Belief (MS Belief) carries his bike as he crosses Tower Bridge within the hope of breaking a Guinness World Report for the ‘quickest marathon carrying a bicycle’. {Photograph}: Aaron Chown/PA

A minion makes its manner throughout Tower Bridge. {Photograph}: Aaron Chown/PA

Gareth Davies dressed as Spider-Man poses throughout the marathon. {Photograph}: John Sibley/Reuters

A dinosaur storms throughout Tower Bridge. {Photograph}: Aaron Chown/PA

And Peres Jepchirchir additionally speaks after her historic win.

I’m feeling grateful and so glad for at this time’s victory. I used to be not anticipating to beat the world file. I knew we might beat it however I used to be not anticipating it to be me.

I’m glad to be going to the Olympics. My prayer was to be there and my prayer there may be to defend my title. I do know it isn’t going to be simple however I’ll strive my finest.

🇰🇪HISTORY!🇰🇪 pic.twitter.com/FdcB4sq1Kt

— TCS London Marathon (@LondonMarathon) April 21, 2024

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Cairess says he’s “actually proud” of ending third within the elite males’s race.

On what the end means for the Olympics:

It just about means I’m chosen. I’m within the group. I feel the choice group is tomorrow however I’ll positively be there.

On deciding to race this weekend:

It was a threat but it surely paid off. I don’t assume I had the health to interrupt [Mo Farah’s] file. Within the months of preparation, I had a very demanding couple of months. My cousin was in a automotive crash. It was a very powerful time and he’s come via it. This was for him at this time. I used to be emotional this morning. I’m so proud to do that for him at this time. It’s not all concerning the time and the efficiency.

On the rostrum and off to Paris! 🇫🇷#LondonMarathon pic.twitter.com/9YdtZWzQUc

— TCS London Marathon (@LondonMarathon) April 21, 2024

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The winners of the day …

Marcel Hug reacts after crossing the end line. {Photograph}: David Cliff/AP

Catherine Debrunner finishes first in girls’s wheelchair race. {Photograph}: Tolga Akmen/EPA

Peres Jepchirchir breaks the ladies’s-only world file. {Photograph}: Tolga Akmen/EPA

Alexander Munyao crosses the end line to win the elite males’s race. {Photograph}: Tolga Akmen/EPA

Cairess finishes forward of Mahamed to take the ultimate podium spot within the elite males’s race. The 2 have now raced the second and third quickest instances by Britons.

I don’t assume Cairess knew that he was preventing for third till he completed the race in order that will need to have been a pleasant shock for him on the finish.

Alexander Munyao wins the elite males’s race

A large effort from the Kenyan ultimately there to interrupt away from Bekele, who is available in second. The winner finishes with a time of two:04:01.

Alexander Munyao wins the boys’s elite race! {Photograph}: Tom Jenkins/The Guardian

Two Britons are preventing onerous for that third spot on the rostrum within the elite males’s race. Cairess is simply forward of Mahamed and the 2 will nearly definitely be quick sufficient to qualify for the Olympics.

Mhairi Maclennan finishes with a time of two:29:13 in her first marathon and turns into the primary British girls to complete the race.

Mhairi Maclennan competes in her first marathon. {Photograph}: Paul Harding/Getty Photos

Munyao now sprints forward within the elite males’s race. Bekele retains checking behind him and he appears unfocused on making an attempt to catch as much as the 24-year-old.

A number of speak from the commentators on the colors of the runners matches at this time. What’s the distinction between blue, turquoise, mint and cobalt? What about peach, salmon and apricot? Who is aware of?

What I do know is that the color commentary will proceed throughout the 2024 Olympics. We’ve got all the newest on what threads the athletes can be rocking in Paris come this summer season.

Assefa and Jepkosgei completed in second and third respectively within the elite girls’s race behind Jepchirchir.

We’re down to 2 within the elite males’s race. Bekele, who nearly audaciously waves to the gang, is simply forward with Munyao in second.

It is usually a race for third with an important Olympics spot up for grabs. It’s between Mahamed Mahamed and Cairess.

Peres Jepchirchir wins the elite girls’s race

What an ending to that race! The Kenyan breaks the ladies’s-only world file. That’s the quickest marathon she has ever run at 2:16:16 and she or he now heads to Paris as a favorite to defend her title. She is in tears after crossing the ending line.

Within the historical past books. {Photograph}: Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Photos

The Olympic champion, who was eager to run effectively in London to make Paris, Jepchirchir breaks away about 400m away!

Tola is gone within the elite males’s race. Bekele retains trying again as he leads the now pack of three.

The elite girls race nonetheless has the 4 girls operating as a pack as they go Massive Ben. Are we going to see a dash race within the final little bit of the race at Buckingham Palace?

Bekele is now main the boys’s race. The 41-year-old is a protracted distance legend however has by no means gained the London Marathon.

About 4.5km to go within the elite girls’s race. Nonetheless between Assefa, Jepkosgei, Jepchirchir and Alemu. They’re at Embankment approaching Blackfriars.

Cairess is away from the pack however he’s nonetheless beneath the Olympic qualification time and nonetheless has a pacemaker subsequent to him to maintain him on monitor.

It’s nonetheless unseen as as to if he’ll break Farah’s file however the principle purpose in thoughts was Paris. That is solely his second marathon.

Mengesha is main within the elite males’s race with Tola proper behind him. However the pack remains to be largely collectively. Who’s going to be the primary to interrupt away.

Solely 4 stay within the elite girls’s race: Assefa, Megertu, Jepkosgei and Jepchirchir. The expected end proper now’s 2:14:56.

Weir, who got here third within the elite males’s wheelchair race, has given his evaluation on his race:

It was powerful, circumstances have been so powerful, it was actually windy. I’m proud of my efficiency. I stored up with Marcel [Hug] to twenty miles, so can’t complain. I promised I’d get again on the rostrum and I did. Daniel [Romanchuk] is 20 years youthful than me, when these guys surge, it’s hell. Are you able to identify one other athlete who has achieved as many marathons as me? E mail me when you can.

On if he can be competing on the Paralympics in the summertime:

I’m going to take a while off, then I’ll decide for Paris. Or British Athletics will make that call for me.

Catherine Debrunner celebrates after profitable the elite girls’s wheelchair race together with second positioned Switzerland’s Manuela Schar and third positioned Tatyana McFadden. {Photograph}: Matthew Childs/Reuters

A tribute to the previous Kenyan marathon world record-holder Kelvin Kiptum is proven within the media room. {Photograph}: Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Photos

Lots of runners leaving the beginning of the London Marathon together with a racer in help of Samaritans. {Photograph}: Zac Goodwin/PA

Costumes on show because the racers start the run. {Photograph}: Loredana Sangiuliano/SOPA Photos/REX/Shutterstock

Nicely that’s one approach to defend your self from the wind. {Photograph}: John Sibley/Reuters

The elite males’s race has nearly hit the midway mark. Tola is up entrance and nobody has but to drop off.

Cairess has misplaced considered one of his pacemakers as he tries to interrupt Mo Farah’s British file of two:511.

The highest three within the elite girls wheelchair race is confirmed. Schär makes podium in second forward of third place Tatyana McFadden.

Kosgei is dropping off a bit within the elite girls’s race. She is nearly 50m behind the remainder of the pack. Assefa is expectedly main.

Catherine Debrunner wins the elite girls’s wheelchair race

Debrunner is round 5 minutes forward of Manuela Schär as she crosses the end line. A vastly dominant victory as she finishes with a time of 1:38:52. We’ll get affirmation of who else makes the rostrum quickly.

And that’s affirmation of the double victory for the Swiss within the wheelchair races.

Switzerland’s Catherine Debrunner crosses the end line to win the ladies’s wheelchair race! {Photograph}: Tom Jenkins/The Guardian

Marcel Hug wins the elite males’s wheelchair race

Hug is the champion of London for the fifth time! He’s on their lonesome with Buckingham Palace behind him as he passes the end line with a time of 1:28:33.

Romanchuk is available in second and Weir is available in third, with big cheers from the gang for the Briton.

Marcel Hug crosses the road to win the Males’s elite wheelchair race! {Photograph}: Tom Jenkins/The Guardian

The elite girls’s race is effectively on schedule for the ladies’s-only world file. In response to the BBC, they present runners are operating at a tempo to complete three minutes sooner. Assefa and Kosgei are neck-in-neck. Which considered one of them will make the leap as soon as the pacemakers drop out?

There’s 45 second hole between Hug and Weir now. It’s now positively a race for second place between Weir and Romanchuk.

The wind is definitely having an element on the elite girls’s race as they head in direction of Tower Bridge now.

The tempo that they’re going at proper now’s one which solely Assefa is comfy operating in. Let’s see if her opponents can sustain.

Within the elite males’s wheelchair race, Hug has opened the hole forward of Weir and Romanchuk. Hug accelerated away a bit earlier and Weir was unable to maintain up the tempo.

Within the elite girls’s race, Debrunner is round 4 minutes clear and, in the meanwhile, appears to be like heading in the right direction to win. She has been on her personal because the first few miles.

We may be taking a look at two Swiss winners in each of those races.

Rivals within the males’s wheelchair race cross Tower Bridge. {Photograph}: Aaron Chown/PA

A number of world data seeking to be damaged at this time, and never simply within the elite races. We’ve seen runners seeking to break the world file of a marathon accomplished in conventional Indian gown, the world file of a marathon accomplished as a stay DJ and the world file of somebody wearing an inflatable shark costume.

One of many runners within the elite males’s race is Emile Cairess who ultimately needs to interrupt Mo Farah’s British file of two:05:11, decrease his private finest to 2:03 and win an Olympic medal.

I positively need to break Mo’s British file. I need to run as quick as attainable and I really feel like I can run rather a lot faster than that sooner or later.

An Olympic medal can also be my purpose – positively for Los Angeles. Though for this Olympics, if I can qualify, then I want to be aggressive. I wouldn’t be going there simply to make up the numbers.

I’ve positively progressed rather a lot. My exercises, mileage, something you possibly can quantify, is best than earlier than.

The boys’s racers are on the beginning line. Tamirat Tola is the favorite however the 41-year-old Kenenisa Bekele can be aggressive as effectively. Off they go and big cheers ring out because the final race will get beneath manner. Behind them: the remainder of the 50,000 starters. These are file numbers on the London Marathon.

The tribute for Kiptum, an athlete whose reminiscence will stay on, has begun forward of the elite males’s race. A really poignant second in London.

Tigst Assefa, seeking to accomplish a world file, strains up alongside Joyce Chepkirui, Brigid Kosgei, Becky Briggs and Mhairi Maclennan because the elite girls’s elite race will get beneath manner. {Photograph}: Zac Goodwin/PA

David Weir is aiming for a ninth win on the London Marathon. {Photograph}: Zac Goodwin/PA

A competitor dressed as a hearth engine earlier than the race. {Photograph}: Zac Goodwin/PA

Rivals rocking the brightest of supplies earlier than the race. {Photograph}: Zac Goodwin/PA

Spectators wave Palestinian flags earlier than the London Marathon. {Photograph}: Zac Goodwin/PA

The ultimate elite race is ready to begin in about quarter-hour. There can be a 30-second applause earlier than the race in reminiscence of final yr’s winner Kelvin Kiptum.

The 24-year-old marathon world record-holder died in February alongside together with his coach Gervais Hakizimana from extreme accidents after a automotive accident.

As of this yr, Kiptum has run three of the seven quickest marathons in historical past and was ranked first among the many world’s males’s marathon runners on the time of his demise.

And within the males’s race, Hug and Romanchuk are neck-in-neck on the entrance of the pack as they strategy the 14km mark.

The 2 are literally chatting with one another because the make a flip. Encouraging each other on? A little bit of trash speak? Who is aware of?

Catherine Debrunner has damaged freed from Manuela Schär and has now handed among the backmarkers within the males’s wheelchair race.

That is Debrunner’s first Majors look this season. She has set new course data on the 2022 Berlin Marathon, breaking five-time winner Schär’s streak of 5 Berlin wins, and the 2023 Chicago Marathon.

And the ladies’s elite racers are lined up on the beginning line. It appears the temperature has plummeted a bit in London as all of them are trying to heat up their arms and arms.

A very good crowd cheers them on because the announcer introduces what many consider is the best area assembled on the London Marathon. And they’re off!

We’re simply over 11 minutes into the elite wheelchair race and the American Daniel Romanchuk is within the lead. Hug and Weir are proper behind him in second and third respectively.

Romanchuk was the primary American to win the boys’s wheelchair division of the New York Metropolis Marathon again in 2018 and gained the occasion in London in 2019.

Daniel Romanchuk (left) and David Weir (centre) early on within the elite males’s wheelchair race on the London Marathon. {Photograph}: Zac Goodwin/PA

The wheelchair race marks a big win in incapacity sport because the London Marathon has develop into the primary marathon on the earth to make its prize cash for wheelchair athletes the identical as the opposite elite races.

So, all winners within the elite races at this time will obtain £44,000 with the runner-up getting £24,000 and third-place £18,000.

The wheelchair athletes have made their approach to the beginning line and are off within the first elite race of the day.

Russell ‘Hardest Geezer’ Cook dinner was simply interviewed on the BBC’s pre-race protection. Cook dinner ran 9,941 miles from one tip of Africa to the opposite in beneath a yr and a median of over 28 miles a day.

He started operating on 22 April 2023 in South Africa’s most southerly level. Throughout his 352 days of operating, Cook dinner raised greater than £650,000 for charities.

“I can actually solely sum it up by saying it was carnage from begin to end,” mentioned Cook dinner on his milestone in Africa. “I feel we’re going to learn the way badly broken the physique is at this time. That is my first long term since I’ve been again within the UK.”

Russ Cook dinner arrives at Cape Angela in Tunisia, thus finishing his Mission Africa. {Photograph}: Hasan Mrad/IMAGESLIVE/ZUMA Press Wire/REX/Shutterstock

Cook dinner additionally shared that he had 93 hours value of music that he lent on throughout his unbelievable journey. When requested what track he by no means needs to listen to once more, he mentioned: “Possibly Toto. It’s a good tune however once you hear it one to many instances it’s similar to …” Truthful sufficient.

Cook dinner may be over this track, however we by no means can be.

Within the first elite race of the day, the British wheelchair racing legend David Weir can be racing in his twenty fifth consecutive London Marathon this yr.

Weir is probably the most adorned athlete within the occasion’s historical past with eight wins. He can be racing with a brand new chair which he has damaged private bests and should give him the push he wants for a attainable ninth victory in London.

“It’s mainly a System One chair as a result of it’s made by Sauber (which has a System One group beneath the identify Stake F1 Crew Kick Sauber), it feels wonderful to push,” Weir mentioned.

Weir can be going through the undisputed No 1 wheelchair racer, Marcel Hug. The Switzerland native was the primary man to win all six Abbott World Marathon Majors (Tokyo, Boston, Berlin, Chicago, New York and London) in a single season final yr and can be aiming for a fourth straight win in London.

David Weir and Marcel Hug pose for footage in entrance at Horse Guards Parade. {Photograph}: Henry Nicholls/AFP/Getty Photos

Hugh Brasher, the London Marathon race director believes the ladies’s race could also be a more durable race than the Olympics.

No race within the historical past of our sport has ever had that,” says Brasher. “I don’t know who’s going to win but it surely’s going to be an extremely aggressive occasion. This can be a tougher marathon to win than the Olympic marathon in Paris, I’m fairly sure of that.

Right here is Sean Ingle with extra.

So about that file. Ethiopia’s Tigist Assefa has set her sights on additional decreasing her girls’s marathon world file to beneath two hours 10 minutes – however admits her solely purpose in at this time is to win.

Assefa ran 2hr 11min 53sec in Berlin final September – a time that obliterated the earlier mark of two:14:04 set by Brigid Kosgei in 2019.

However when requested whether or not she was chasing a quick time in London, Assefa was extra circumspect. “My purpose is to win,” she replied. The sense is that Assefa won’t go at full throttle at this time on condition that she additionally has the Olympic marathon in Paris in beneath 4 months’ time, she remains to be the overwhelming favorite.

Tigist Assefa beats the ladies’s world file with a time of two hours, 11 minutes and 53 seconds throughout the 2023 Berlin Marathon. {Photograph}: Luciano Lima/Getty Photos

Assefa can be racing in opposition to the previous file holder Kosgei, fellow cou Ruth Chepngetich, the Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir and the 2022 London Marathon winner Yalemzerf Yehualaw.

Within the males’s race, Tamirat Tola can be eager to match his efforts on the New York Metropolis Marathon from November which he gained. He got here in third on this race final yr. His opponents embrace Mosinet Geremew, who ran the third-fastest time in historical past on the 2019 London Marathon and Kenenisa Bekele, whose seemingly limitless accolades embrace three Olympic gold medals.

Preamble

Howdy and welcome to our stay protection of the 2024 London Marathon. The solar is shining, the birds are chirping and I’m able to take you together with me as I race on 26.2 miles (42.195 km) throughout the capital.

Simply kidding. Essentially the most I’ve ever run in a single go was a 5km race after I was about 12 years previous. And that’s solely as a result of I needed to for varsity.

Fortunately, you and I can witness a file crowd tackle at this time’s race with an anticipated prove of over 50,000 individuals. You’ll barely even miss the truth that I gained’t be participating.

And naturally there are the elite races. There are is a world file in sight and some of Britain’s personal seeking to make their mark.

9.05am: Elite wheelchair males’s and ladies’s races (all instances in BST)

9.25am: Elite girls’s race

10am: Elite males’s race and mass begin