Steve Cram
Marathon commentator on BBC TV

This is turning out to be the great race we were hoping it would be. It was a shame to lose Brigid Kosgei but Sifan Hassan, the marathon debutant, is getting closer and closer.

They are dropping off from the lead group gradually but they will not let Hassan catch up with ease. They will be aware that she is there.

Here's the moment Switzerland's Marcel Hug won the men's wheelchair race.

He did so in a course record time.

This is remarkable from Sifan Hassan. She stopped on the road to stretch out an apparent injury earlier and has now almost caught back up with the main group.

The women's race is heading towards the women's only course record of two hours 17 minutes. Paula Radcliffe's full record, set in a mixed race, may be out of reach.

Paula Radcliffe
Former women's marathon world record holder on BBC TV

This is what I love about the marathon. You go through your rough patches and you just have to ride them out sometimes.

Sifan Hassan is running smoothly again now. She has got the lead group back within her sights and that gives you a huge psychological boost.

Steve Cram
Marathon commentator on BBC TV

It's really picked up now.

They went from 20-25km in 15 minutes 54 seconds, and that is the quickest for that section that we have ever seen in the London Marathon.

It's Peres Jepchirchir of Kenya that is forcing the pace at the moment.

Sifan Hassan has also picked up her pace and this is incredible, she is closing in on the lead group.

Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson
Six-time London Marathon wheelchair champion on BBC TV

De Rozario looked a bit surprised coming round the final bend that she had a gap to work with because nobody had gone for it yet.

She raced that very smartly.

The tactics were fascinating and she played them right the whole way around, ending with an incredible sprint finish.

This women's wheelchair race always looked like being a sprint finish and it's Madison de Rozario of Australia who pips Manuela Schar on the line.

She won in 2018 and now has her second London Marathon victory.

Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson
Six-time London Marathon wheelchair champion on BBC TV

This is where it starts to get stressful because all four of them are all good sprinters.

Trying to get around someone on one of these final turns is tough, so you have got to go wide and kick really hard.

One of them will go soon, and I keep waiting for it but I don't know who it's going to be. It's like they're all waiting for each other.

David, running the marathon for Bowel Cancer UK at the age of 90: "I feel very excited. To get around that course again will be wonderful. I ran my first marathon in 1982.

"We finished on Westminster Bridge in 1985, when I did London for the first time, so it is looking a little different but it will be a great day.

"I never thought I would still be here in 2023. I gave up at the age of 64 but I told myself that if I'm still running at 70, I'll do another marathon!"

The oldest participant in this year's London Marathon is 90-year-old (NINETY YEARS OLD!) David Picksley.

David was a runner in his youth and ran marathons into his 50s and 60s.

The youngest runner is 18-year-old Lana Dales, who celebrated her 18th birthday on Saturday.

They both spoke on BBC TV a little earlier.

David Weir finishes his 24th London Marathon in fifth place. A remarkable effort.

Image source, PA Media

Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson
Six-time London Marathon wheelchair champion on BBC TV

All four of the lead group have looked like they are struggling in the last couple of kilometres but the kick is going to come soon.

The speed bumps do make things difficult, making the chair bounce and slow you up.

There are still challenges to come but it's going to come down to a sprint finish and who can time it the best.

Second place in the men's race goes to Jetze Plat, a few minutes behind Marcel Hug.

Now attention turns to the finish of the women's race where a four-way tussle remains...

Andrew Cotter
BBC athletics commentator at the London Marathon

It is another truly dominant performance from Marcel Hug. We talk so much about David Weir on these shores but Hug is on course to become the greatest of all time.

It is his third consecutive victory in London and his fifth overall. He was barely challenged at all during that race, which just tells of his quality.

Switzerland's Marcel Hug has done it again!

He wins the London Marathon for the fifth time and has dominated from start to finish.

Paula Radcliffe
Former women's marathon world record holder on BBC TV

The hardest thing for Sifan Hassan is her competitive streak, it's who she is, and she won't want to throw in the towel at this stage of the race.

She has dropped back but she will be hoping that a couple of the lead group have gone off too quickly and she will be able to catch up.

Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson
Six-time London Marathon wheelchair champion on BBC TV

Once you come through the final underpass, it feels like you can really push on and you know the end is in sight because the road surface gets smoother, and there is a slight bit of downhill.

There's not long to go now in the wheelchair races. Marcel Hug is still in a race of his own.

He'll turn right for home shortly.

Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson
Six-time London Marathon wheelchair champion on BBC TV

Marcel Hug's times are still very good but we are coming up to the stage of the marathon where there are quite a lot of twists and turns.

That always slows things down a little bit but his position is safe at this stage.

It is a bit of a tussle now between Manuela Schar and Susannah Scaroni in the women's race. They are eyeing each other up and seeing who will make a break first.

The leading men circle the famous Cutty Sark with the crowds cheering through the rain. Mo Farah is there in his hat, in a second group behind the leaders.