The London Marathon got under way this morning for the first full-scale staging of the race in more than two years.
Around 40,000 runners joined some of the world’s best on the traditional route from Blackheath to The Mall.
Joyciline Jepkosgei and Sisay Lemma are celebrating winning the women’s and men’s elite races respectively.
Kenya’s Jepkosgei - who triumphed in the New York Marathon in 2019 - ran the marathon in a time of two hours, 17 minutes and 43 seconds ahead of Degitu Azimeraw of Ethiopia and fellow Kenyan Ashete Bekere.
Defending champion and world-record holder Brigid Kosgei was only fourth.
In the men’s elite race, Ethiopia’s Sisay Lemma made a late break to triumph in two hours, four minutes and one second.
Kenya’s Vincent Kipchuma and Mosinet Geremew finished second and third respectively, with last year’s winner Shura Kitata crossing the line in sixth place.
