Summary

  • Kenya's Kelvin Kiptum runs second-fastest marathon to win men's race in course best 2:01.25

  • Briton Emile Cairess sixth on debut as Mo Farah finishes ninth in his last London Marathon

  • Dutch debutant Sifan Hassan overcomes injury before sprinting to thrilling women's victory in 2:18.33

  • Swiss Marcel Hug wins men's wheelchair race in course record 1:23.48 with David Weir fifth; Australian Madison de Rozario wins women's race

  • 73 Guinness world record attempts as record field of almost 49,000 take part

Live Reporting

Matthew Henry and Ffion Wynne

  1. Get Involved

    #bbcmarathon on twitter, WhatsApp on 03301231826 or text 81111 (UK only, standard message rates apply)

    Good luck to Julian Rendall running today in his late Dad's pyjamas trying to regain his Guinness world record. Love from all the family.

    Anon (please leave your names on texts!)

    Our daughter Lauren Lever is running today. We are so proud that she is there as she had a pretty bad car accident last May when she was out running ending up in hospital for 3 weeks with a fractured skull. She's fought her way back to health and is running to raise funds for Headways, the brain injury charity which helped her deal with the difficulties she had to overcome. Go Lauren!

    Lauren's mum and dad

  2. 'If they race for the time they are capable of a world record'

    Paula Radcliffe
    London Marathon women's record holder on BBC TV

    It is an extremely strong field [in the women's elite race], within that there are numerous people who are capable of running a world record on this course.

    I think it is a fast course. For a British person it is certainly a fast course.

    There has been some talk that it is not as fast as some of the others for other athletes. I don't actually believe that, I love this course.

    So I think if they race for the time they are capable of running it. The key is whether there will be some tactical racing in there as well.

  3. Overall women's London Marathon record set by Paula Radcliffe

    Paula Radcliffe has the fastest time in a London Marathon by any woman, although this time is classed as a mixed record because it featured male pacemakers.

    This year is the 20-year anniversary of Radcliffe's world record.

  4. World record under threat?

    Brigid KosgeiGetty Images

    Organisers are calling the women's race the "greatest field ever assembled for a women's distance race".

    Reigning Olympic 5,000m and 10,000m champion Sifan Hassan, marathon world record holder Brigid Kosgei, the unbeaten Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir and last year's winner Yalemzerf Yehualaw are all present in another stacked elite field.

    There's talk the women's only world record set by Mary Keitany in London in 2017 - Kosgei's 2019 world record was in a mixed event - could be beaten.

    The time to look out for that is two hours, 17 minutes and one second.

    British half marathon record holder Eilish McColgan was set to make her debut at the full distance but has had to pull out because of injury.

    Alice Wright and Samantha Harrison are the two Britons left competing in the elite race.

  5. 'This is to thank the NHS'

    Those of you watching the coverage on BBC One will have seen an emotional Adele Roberts speaking to Gabby Logan by the start line.

    "Audrey [Adele's stoma] is the reason that I am running and the reason that I recovered from bowel cancer surgery," she said.

    "This run is to thank the NHS for believing in me, and helping me get back on track. I hope that I can show people that even if you have been through cancer you can still get your life back and do anything."

  6. Adele Roberts' inspiring world record attempt

    Adele Roberts

    The London Marathon is all about the inspiring stories and this year one of those comes from BBC Radio 1 DJ Adele Roberts.

    Roberts is running her third London but her first since her bowel cancer diagnosis.

    Not content with simply completing the 26.2 miles less than a yearafter being given the all-clear, she has a world record in her sights.

    Roberts, 44, has lived with a stoma for the past 18 months following surgery and will attempt to complete the distance in under four hours and become the fastest female with an ileostomy.

    She has named her stoma - which is an opening in the abdomen allowing waste to be diverted out of the body and into a bag - Audrey.

  7. A stacked men's field...

    Kenenisa BekeleGetty Images

    A stacked elite men's race will feature four of the five fastest marathon runners in history today.

    Ethiopian Kenenisa Bekele, the second-fastest man in ever over the distance, is joined on the start line by Kelvin Kiptum, Birhanu Legese and Mosinet Geremew.

    Only world record holder Eliud Kipchoge is missing from the top five, although he is the official starter.

    And there's more.

    2022 winner Amos Kipruto is back again while Ethiopia's world champion Tamirat Tola is also here.

    Mo Farah is also running his final London Marathon.

    It could be quite the race.

  8. 'Hopefully humankind will come together'

    Gabby Logan
    BBC Sport presenter at the London Marathon

    There has been a lot of discussion this week in the build-up about the possibility of protestors causing potential disruption to the event. However, the organisers say the 47,000 taking part today will hopefully all be able to get to the finish line and humankind will come together for all the positive and life-affirming reasons that we all enjoy this day so, so much.

  9. Get Involved

    #bbcmarathon on twitter, WhatsApp on 03301231826 or text 81111 (UK only, standard message rates apply)

    As ever we'd love to hear from you today.

    Send in your good luck messages for friends and family, while it's my goal to receive at least one selfie from on a runner of their way around the 26.2 miles.

    Get in touch today on Twitter with #bbcmarathon, by texting 81111 or on WhatsApp on 03301231826.

  10. What time do the races start?

    These are the race start times this morning:

    • 09:15 BST wheelchair races
    • 09:25 elite women
    • 10:00 elite men and masses

  11. London MarathonGetty Images

    As ever you can watch the race live on BBC TV.

    Our BBC One coverage is just getting under way - you can watch that at the top of this page.

    It starts with the wheelchair races, followed by the elite men's and women's events.

    After that it's time to sit back and spot your friends or family taking part, or just enjoy the many different stories that will be told throughout the day.

  12. London MarathonGetty Images

    It's one of the days of the sporting year...

    The elite athletes will be off first - and what a set of races we have in store - before around 50,000 people take to the streets of London, each covering 26.2 miles for their own reasons.

    It's a day full of emotion. It's the 2023 London Marathon.