Dennis Kimetto crosses the line - what's happened to the 2014 form which saw him set the current world record?

We now focus in on another Team GB hopeful Tsegai Tewelde and he makes the time needed with ease too. What a turnaround. Before today Scott Overall had the qualifying time and was best placed to represent Great Britain in Brazil. A few hours later and he's dropped out of the race, allowing Tewelde and Callum Hawkins to book their spots at the Olympic Games.

Gents, you've had quite a Sunday.

We have eyes on our first British finisher and it's Callum Hawkins. The 23-year-old is pumping his arms as he attacks The Mall, what a run. He waves his fist, that's joy on show right there. He's in for 2:10.53 and that's well inside the Rio qualifier. Sublime stuff from one so young. 

Stanley Biwott is over the line, as is Kenenisa Bekele for second and third respectively. Both will take huge confidence from this. Biwott has never gone so close in an event of this magnitude. Bekele, a master on the track, puts a long spell of injury niggles behind him in some style.

Steve Cram
BBC athletics commentator on BBC One

"One of the greatest races in history. 

"Kipchoge is less than ten seconds off the world record. 

"He has just become the second fastest of all time.

"London Marathon has done it again, Eliud Kipchoge has done it again."

Eliud Kipchoge turns onto The Mall. A cheeky point, then a wag of a finger. What a run. His shoulders and legs are in sync, moving in perfect harmony. He has such confidence and strength, even at this late stage.

What will the clock say? It will be a course record for the men's race here, it COULD BE A WORLD RECORD... can he make it? Close, so close. It's two hours, three minutes and five seconds. That's seven seconds off the WR by my count.

Classy to say the least. Could he have kicked for home a bit earlier than Embankment? Now we're just being picky I guess.

A nice scalp for Great Britain's Callum Hawkins perhaps? He's just ran away from Dennis Kimetto - the world record holder. Hawkins is looking Rio bound.

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Paula Radcliffe
Women's marathon world record holder on BBC TV

"It is possible. Kipchoge needs to drink that water and really start running quickly now."

This is how you show you're a champion. Decimating your challenger with a burst of pace which takes the race away from them. Eliud Kipchoge is closing in on back-to-back wins. His 25th mile came in at four minutes 38 seconds.

Out of the darkness of the tunnel come Stanley Biwott and Eliud Kipchoge. They looks so good, so slick, yet have nearly 24 miles on the clock. I can't believe how they sustain this, it's just a remarkable feat and underlines the strength of the human body.

Surely Kipchoge has too much? He has more experience for sure. His gap is growing... HIS GAP IS GROWING... five feet, 10 feet, 20 feet. He's put the hammer down. Wow, that's how you inject pace. 

THIS. ONE. IS. OVER.

1. Jemima Sumgong (KEN) - 2:22.58

2. Tigist Tufa (ETH) - 2:23.03

3. Florence Kiplagat (KEN) - 2:23.39

Sonia Samuels and Alyson Dixon both make the plane for Rio as they get the top two places for British women. Dixon comes home first and they both have previously achieved the sub 2:31 clocking you need.

Dixon clocks 2:31.52, Samuels 2:32.00.

Well done ladies. Get practising your Portuguese.

Scott Overall has dropped out of the race and his Rio dreams are over. Overall represented Team GB at the London Games.

A reminder you have to place in the top two here and run sub 2:14 to make the plane.

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Born without a right hand, Nicky, 30, was fitted with the world's most lifelike bionic hand in 2014. It means she can carry out everyday tasks with two hands for the very first time.

Today Nicky is running the London Marathon for Leonard Cheshire Disability with a target time of four hours.

"I want to raise awareness of the problems people with disabilities can face, not in coping with their disability, but with infrastructure restrictions and society's prejudices. I'm running for Leonard Cheshire Disability because of their work to campaign for change in these areas."  

You can read more inspirational London Marathon stories here. 

Danny Mills is just at the halfway point wearing his special 1966 number to celebrate 50 years since England won the football World Cup.

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What a scene, these two men go head-to-head and run back towards the finish and on the other side of the road, streaming in the other direction, are the masses. You can see heads turn as they stare over the fencing to catch a glimpse of these super-charged leaders.

Eliud Kipchoge and Stanley Biwott are one hour and 45 minutes into their race, less than 20 minutes remain.

Brendan Foster
Olympic medallist and BBC athletics commentator on BBC One

"When you are tripped from behind you can't do anything. 

"Fantastic performance. There will be conversation about what happened at the water station.

"But Sumgong will go into Rio as one of the favourites."

The Mall looked a long, long drag for Jemima Sumgong. Watching her stride up the stretch with Buckingham Palace in the background was painful. In the grand scheme of things a short sprint should be easily digestible after 26 miles but my word, it never looks easy.