London Marathon 2019
Women's elite race
Start time: 9.15am, Sunday April 28
Kenyan duo Mary Keitany and Vivian Cheruiyot will renew their rivalry when they meet in one of the best women’s elite fields ever assembled at the London Marathon, on Sunday.
2017 winner Keitany was on course to defend her title last year, but paid the price for chasing Paula Radcliffe’s world record as she blew up in the latter stages of the race, allowing Cheruiyot to take come through the field and take the win.
The pair met again in New York last November, when Keitany exacted revenge with a comfortable victory, almost four minutes clear of Cheruiyot in second.
They are by no means the only contenders though, in a star-studded field which features four of the ten fastest women of all time, and the winners of four of the six major marathons last year.
Kenya’s Brigid Kosgei and Gladys Cherono won in Chicago and Berlin respectively, while in Birhane Dibaba, who won the Tokyo marathon back in 2015, there is also another woman who knows what it takes to win a major.
The British challenge is headed by Lily Partridge, who was eighth last year, and Charlotte Purdue, who won the Big Half last month.
Full women’s elite field
| Vivian Cheruiyot (Kenya) | Mary Keitany (Kenya) | Birhane Dibaba (Ethiopia) |
| Gladys Cherono (Kenya) | Brigid Kosgei (Kenya) | Tadelech Bekele (Ethiopia) |
| Lily Partridge (Great Britain) | Charlotte Purdue (Great Britain) | Molly Huddle (USA) |
| Emily Sisson (USA) | Roza Dereje (Ethiopia) | Lilia Fisikovici (Moldova) |
| Sinead Driver (Australia) | Linet Masai (Kenya) | Haftamnesh Tesfay (Ethiopia) |
| Tracey Barlow (Great Britain) | Sonia Samuels (Great Britain) | Hayley Carruthers (Great Britain) |
| Natasha Cockram (Great Britain) | Tish Jones (Great Britain) | Yuka Ando (Japan) |
| Mayo Ichiyama (Japan) | Ruth van der Meijden (Netherlands) | Briittany Charboneau (USA) |
TV channel and live stream information
The match race live for free in the UK on BBC One. Viewers with a valid TV licence will be able to stream the event online via the BBC iPlayer.
You can also follow all the action with the Evening Standard's LIVE blog.
