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one of the great events in British the world champion. A sight to | :00:55. | :01:04. | |
behold every single year. Hello and welcome to highlights from this | :01:05. | :01:08. | |
year's Virgin London Marathon, one of the world's greatest sporting | :01:09. | :01:13. | |
spectacles. We have everyone from elite athletes to fun runners, | :01:13. | :01:19. | |
already to dig deep to tackle a gruelling 26.2 mile course through | :01:19. | :01:25. | |
the capital. Today, every person who crosses the start line will be | :01:25. | :01:29. | |
united in solidarity for the victims of the bombings at the Boston | :01:29. | :01:38. | |
Marathon finish line it just six days ago. | :01:38. | :01:43. | |
Please with the victims, all went to the marathon to cheer on the | :01:43. | :01:47. | |
athletes. They would not return home. These were the lives | :01:47. | :01:54. | |
tragically taken at the oldest annual marathon in the world. More | :01:54. | :01:58. | |
than 170 people were injured, some critically. The images left the city | :01:58. | :02:03. | |
shocked and the world it as a nation and global audience watched on in | :02:03. | :02:08. | |
disbelief. An elite race, steeped in history, world for ever now be | :02:08. | :02:14. | |
linked to a senseless act of terror. Today, London stands united | :02:14. | :02:20. | |
with Boston, remembering lives lost and lives devastated, but defiantly | :02:20. | :02:28. | |
displaying that good in the end will out. | :02:28. | :02:32. | |
In many ways, this is a poignant event to be part of this year. There | :02:32. | :02:37. | |
will be a silence just before the start so we can remember Boston. And | :02:37. | :02:43. | |
in just over 26 miles time, we are hoping for scenes of celebration, | :02:43. | :02:49. | |
happiness and relief. This is what is coming up. In one of the greatest | :02:49. | :02:56. | |
field assembled, Uganda's Stephen Kiprotich returns to the streets | :02:56. | :03:04. | |
where he won Olympic gold. He is joined by Wilson Kipsang, Bronze | :03:04. | :03:10. | |
Marat -- bronze medallist in 2012. All eyes will be on Britain's Mo | :03:10. | :03:14. | |
Farah who is running a half marathon as part of his build-up to the full | :03:14. | :03:21. | |
distance next year. For the women, it is another top-class field. | :03:21. | :03:24. | |
Ethiopian's golden girl Tiki Gelana goes head-to-head with Kenyan | :03:24. | :03:29. | |
Priscah Jeptoo. They will be among the favourites, as will Edna | :03:29. | :03:32. | |
Kiplagat who is looking for her first London title. In the | :03:32. | :03:39. | |
wheelchair, do David Weir will be out to follow up his momentous 2012 | :03:39. | :03:43. | |
with a record-breaking seventh win. And Shelly Woods will hope to go one | :03:43. | :03:48. | |
better than her Olympic silver medal with a third London title. Then come | :03:48. | :03:54. | |
the masses. Some are racing for personal bests, some for pride, but | :03:54. | :04:03. | |
most to raise money for charities. It is that goal of raising thousands | :04:03. | :04:07. | |
of pounds of cash for a good cause that will be fuelling many of these | :04:07. | :04:14. | |
runners, especially during those tough miles. This huge physical | :04:14. | :04:22. | |
challenge is only part of the story. I'm 72. This is my first marathon. | :04:22. | :04:32. | |
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That is amazing. Everyone should try varies, Chris and Matt. There was | :04:47. | :04:57. | |
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meant to be a bird Berry. -- a third fairy. But we can't find him. | :05:05. | :05:15. | |
this a Hollioake Spain? That's why we signed up for it last year. We're | :05:15. | :05:22. | |
really looking forward to it. years ago I lost my sight. We've | :05:22. | :05:31. | |
raised about 20,000. We've trained all through the winter in sub-zero | :05:31. | :05:36. | |
temperatures. Suddenly, on the first day when we have to run the | :05:36. | :05:43. | |
marathon, the son runs out. I'm not sure how we will cope. I'm a bit | :05:44. | :05:49. | |
worried about how much harder you've made this for yourself. Who would | :05:49. | :05:56. | |
win a fight between a rhino and a tiger? The people of Boston are very | :05:56. | :06:02. | |
much in our minds. I also wanted to thank the supporters of Boston. The | :06:02. | :06:06. | |
first thing I said to the people I knew was it was the best supported | :06:06. | :06:13. | |
marathon I've ever been act. The supporters are so selfless, they | :06:13. | :06:22. | |
don't get a medal, they just help people. 35,000 people registered to | :06:22. | :06:32. | |
run the race and they are all bursting, it would seem! This might | :06:32. | :06:37. | |
be the start of my marathon career. I want to enjoy this first one. | :06:37. | :06:40. | |
Everyone says to enjoy the first one because you don't know what to | :06:40. | :06:50. | |
expect. It's been just seven months since you retired. How is it being? | :06:50. | :06:55. | |
Very relaxed, actually. A bit of time at home. Nice not to have to be | :06:55. | :06:58. | |
as disciplined, to be honest with you. Although the marathon training | :06:58. | :07:02. | |
took over that a bit. It's been a really good process buyers to go | :07:02. | :07:12. | |
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through together. -- a good process for us to go through. Those charity | :07:15. | :07:19. | |
runners may be fired up, but before their turn on the iconic streets of | :07:20. | :07:26. | |
London, it's time for the elite athletes to make their mark. Your | :07:26. | :07:30. | |
London Marathon commentators are Tanni Grey-Thompson and Paula | :07:30. | :07:40. | |
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Radcliffe. There's a full list for aiming to perhaps get the qualifying | :07:56. | :08:00. | |
time of two hours 31 minutes set by UK athletics. Just a few seconds | :08:00. | :08:10. | |
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away from the start. And away we go! The elite women with what promises | :08:11. | :08:19. | |
to be a wonderful race ahead. Brendan and Paula will be joining | :08:19. | :08:28. | |
this with me. Every time we come to the start of the marathon, you never | :08:28. | :08:32. | |
know what to expect. This great line-up of Olympic champions, world | :08:32. | :08:40. | |
champions. Well, what ever we see, it will be dramatic. It is an | :08:40. | :08:46. | |
outstanding field. Normally we are talking about Paula being at the | :08:46. | :08:56. | |
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front! Paula, it must feel terrible sitting there. Recently, I have been | :08:57. | :09:07. | |
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sitting alongside you rather than be sitting here. I think London has | :09:14. | :09:20. | |
the best crowd in the world. It is extremely quick. It depends how you | :09:20. | :09:24. | |
commit to the race. Because of the strength of the field, what we do | :09:24. | :09:33. | |
see is people looking around at each other. Back to the start for the | :09:34. | :09:43. | |
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Like so many of the elite athletes, they eat will not be a problem at | :10:02. | :10:06. | |
the moment, unless it heats up dramatically later on. All eyes will | :10:06. | :10:12. | |
be on David Weir sporting a new helmet. He is just tucked in behind | :10:12. | :10:18. | |
the leader. It is absolutely perfect conditions for the wheelchair race | :10:18. | :10:22. | |
today. It is dry and warm so there will be much less debris on the | :10:22. | :10:32. | |
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road. There are the main protagonists. Kurt Fearnley is the | :10:41. | :10:50. | |
world record holder. That field is packed full of talent. It's actually | :10:50. | :10:56. | |
the best men's field with ever had. The women as well are incredibly | :10:56. | :11:00. | |
strong in terms of personal bests. It will be interesting to see how | :11:00. | :11:05. | |
Tatyana McFadden performs. She punctured so many times in the | :11:05. | :11:12. | |
Paralympic marathon. She will want to show what she can do. Look at the | :11:12. | :11:20. | |
view on this spectacular day. The Cutty Sark has been such a big part | :11:20. | :11:28. | |
of the marathon. Sitting there are splendid in the sunshine after a few | :11:28. | :11:35. | |
years of being repaired after the fire. This would be a great place to | :11:35. | :11:39. | |
watch the event. It will get more and more busy over the next few | :11:39. | :11:44. | |
hours. It is an amazing place to run by. I remember when I came by the | :11:44. | :11:51. | |
first time. I couldn't believe the atmosphere. They are all having a | :11:51. | :12:01. | |
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big party. It really does give the runners a boost. I came out of there | :12:02. | :12:09. | |
with a gap and I had to keep going. As part of a new initiative we have | :12:09. | :12:14. | |
an athletics marathon World Cup featuring a number of Paralympic | :12:14. | :12:21. | |
champions, world champions and world record holders. On the far side | :12:21. | :12:27. | |
there is the indomitable Richard Whitehead. His best time for the | :12:27. | :12:37. | |
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marathon is the world record at two hours 42 minutes. Away we go. We've | :12:40. | :12:43. | |
got some very good Brazilian athletes in the single and beauty | :12:43. | :12:49. | |
class as well. And we have visually impaired athletes as well. That's | :12:49. | :12:54. | |
right, the guides are wearing orange. It is tough for the men to | :12:54. | :12:58. | |
get guide runners quick enough to run with them. They can have two if | :12:58. | :13:06. | |
they choose to. I think this is a strong move for the London Marathon. | :13:06. | :13:10. | |
There hasn't been strong competition for blind or visually impaired | :13:10. | :13:14. | |
athletes, so this is a massive opportunity between Paralympics and | :13:14. | :13:20. | |
world championships to have a world-class elite field together. | :13:20. | :13:30. | |
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They have started to move things on a bit. The pace has picked up. That | :13:32. | :13:42. | |
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main group is still very much together. It looked as though Edna | :13:42. | :13:51. | |
Kiplagat... That is Tiki Gelana down there. The wheelchair athletes were | :13:51. | :13:56. | |
coming through on the inside. The women were looking for their drinks | :13:56. | :13:59. | |
and stepped across. Let's see if we can have another look. This happens | :13:59. | :14:05. | |
a lot. Not so much with wheelchair athletes, but look at Tiki Gelana | :14:05. | :14:09. | |
there. She cuts right across, doesn't see the wheelchair athletes. | :14:09. | :14:16. | |
I hope she's not heard. Everybody looking around to see what has gone | :14:16. | :14:23. | |
on. We think she may have stopped. She is still back there, I think. | :14:23. | :14:27. | |
Thank goodness she is still running. That won't have helped at all, that | :14:27. | :14:37. | |
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was a heavy fall. That could really put her off her stride. We have seen | :14:38. | :14:48. | |
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a lot of that in recent times, haven't we? So many out there that | :14:48. | :14:54. | |
we're looking forward to seeing. Scott overall is the number one | :14:54. | :15:01. | |
British marathon runner. Derek Hawkins trying to make the Scottish | :15:01. | :15:05. | |
team for next year. And of course Mo Farah doing the first half. Today is | :15:05. | :15:15. | |
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really about the rest of the field victims of the tragedy at the | :15:31. | :15:41. | |
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Perfectly observed. I sought on other quoted that said if you are | :15:56. | :15:59. | |
trying to break the human spirit, marathon runners are the wrong | :15:59. | :16:09. | |
people to pick on. Do London Marathon starts in perhaps one of | :16:09. | :16:15. | |
its most important years. It is playing its part in helping the | :16:15. | :16:20. | |
hold marathon world healed the wounds inflicted so Crawley at | :16:20. | :16:25. | |
Boston. It is the chance for the elite athletes and the 36,000 | :16:25. | :16:31. | |
others to show their respect but also to show what they can do. A | :16:31. | :16:39. | |
beautiful day in London. The crowd have not been deterred, either. | :16:39. | :16:45. | |
Further down the course, delete women I just across Tower Bridge, | :16:45. | :16:55. | |
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approaching halfway. For all of the big names are still there. We are | :16:57. | :17:02. | |
keeping an eye on Tiki Gelana, after the heavy fall. She seems to | :17:02. | :17:12. | |
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have recovered and is right in the middle of the group. They are | :17:13. | :17:23. | |
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having a look to see whether they has been curry slow. Once they get | :17:35. | :17:40. | |
to the halfway point, they will accelerate. We are looking, because | :17:40. | :17:48. | |
of the incident at the water station, at Tiki Gelana, the | :17:48. | :17:54. | |
European -- at the Olympic champion, and the fastest woman in this race. | :17:54. | :18:00. | |
Hopefully there is no ill-effects from that fall. Absolutely, but | :18:00. | :18:10. | |
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certainly the fall has changed the race. Susan Partridge is still on | :18:10. | :18:16. | |
could pace but we can see behind her Jessica or Augusta, who, for me, | :18:16. | :18:26. | |
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has run a staff -- smarter race. Sark, just beyond four miles. In | :18:41. | :18:47. | |
there somewhere is Mo Farah. There he is. I am sure he is getting | :18:47. | :18:52. | |
plenty of support out on the route. One or two people were taking the | :18:52. | :18:56. | |
mickey out of him a little bit about the fact that he was dropping | :18:56. | :19:03. | |
out half way. He has only run a couple of half marathons. To run | :19:03. | :19:06. | |
the 61 minutes just fought eight training run, he is still going to | :19:07. | :19:14. | |
be pretty tired. Reports are not good for to be Gelana, she is | :19:14. | :19:20. | |
struggling. She came here saying she was in great shape. She thought | :19:21. | :19:26. | |
she could win this race. De Olympic race was completely different with | :19:26. | :19:36. | |
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the known pacemakers. This race is not going to plan. The plan was to | :19:42. | :19:50. | |
run fast at the beginning. The men coming through Cutty Sark. They are | :19:50. | :19:54. | |
responding to the pacemakers. The crowds are going crazy here and | :19:54. | :19:59. | |
they are as big as I have ever seen them before at Cutty Sark. This is | :19:59. | :20:08. | |
wonderful to see. Mo Farah at the back of the group. They are running | :20:08. | :20:14. | |
strongly and being cheered on. The London Marathon in all its glory | :20:14. | :20:24. | |
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here at Cutty Sark. I cannot see Patrick Makau in that group. On the | :20:27. | :20:33. | |
clock I have in about 40 seconds back. He said himself but he was | :20:33. | :20:40. | |
fit to run and that is not looking good. The pace in the men's race is | :20:40. | :20:45. | |
well inside world-record pace in the early stages. That might be why | :20:45. | :20:53. | |
Patrick Makau has become a bit of a casualty. These two, at the world | :20:53. | :21:03. | |
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champion and the Olympic silver struggling now. The crowds are | :21:18. | :21:25. | |
enormous here. In that group there is an awful lot of talent. Perhaps | :21:25. | :21:31. | |
they all came to see Mo Farah? are actually watching a bunch of | :21:31. | :21:36. | |
men setting off at a pace which surely they cannot all maintain. | :21:36. | :21:41. | |
But we could be onto something special. We had seen fast races to | :21:41. | :21:47. | |
the men's race in the past. crowd response is enormous. Mo | :21:47. | :21:52. | |
Farah is getting cheered on for every step of the way. Look how | :21:52. | :21:58. | |
deep the crowds are. I have never seen anything like this before. | :21:58. | :22:08. | |
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This is like London's response to what happened in Boston last week. | :22:09. | :22:19. | |
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Olympic silver medallist, Priscah Jeptoo, is testing Edna Kiplagat. | :22:21. | :22:31. | |
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They both look as though date are working harder. They still to | :22:31. | :22:39. | |
appear to be working together. A couple of miles prior to this, it | :22:39. | :22:43. | |
was Edgar Kiplagat leading. Perhaps they are sharing a bit of the work | :22:43. | :22:50. | |
as well. The leading wheelchair racers are heading towards the | :22:50. | :22:56. | |
finish. They have started slowing down the pace to get the right | :22:56. | :23:06. | |
position. David Weir's in the perfect place right now. Josh | :23:06. | :23:11. | |
Cassidy, had that crash back at the feeding station. But David Weir is | :23:11. | :23:19. | |
ready to pains to go for victory No. 7. He is having a look across at | :23:19. | :23:24. | |
Marcel Hug. They are all waiting for David to make that decisive | :23:24. | :23:31. | |
move. But at the moment he is in the perfect position. But Marcel | :23:31. | :23:35. | |
Hug has picked up his arm speed and Kurt Fearnley is coming through | :23:35. | :23:43. | |
quickly. Kurt Fearnley on the inside. David Weir has no response | :23:43. | :23:49. | |
and Marcel Hug in second place. David Weir will finish back in | :23:49. | :23:55. | |
fifth place. Kurt Fearnley printed by a whisker from Marcel Hug. David | :23:55. | :24:02. | |
Weir had nothing left to give over at the last 100m. Superb timing by | :24:03. | :24:07. | |
Kurt Fearnley. He did not panic, he kept the best line around the bend, | :24:07. | :24:13. | |
and while everybody was watching David Weir, that is when he went. | :24:13. | :24:19. | |
That is probably the best race of his career for Kurt Fearnley. | :24:19. | :24:25. | |
in the women's elite race, a significant break now by Priscah | :24:25. | :24:31. | |
Jeptoo, the Olympic silver medallist. She would have seen her | :24:31. | :24:41. | |
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main rival, Tiki Gelana, fall. Then her team-mate, Edna Kiplagat, not | :24:42. | :24:48. | |
able to stage with the force that was being applied by Priscah Jeptoo. | :24:48. | :24:54. | |
This was a few moments ago. She just kept pushing. They talk about | :24:54. | :24:56. | |
elastic band that keeps you are attached, and you kind of hang on, | :24:56. | :25:03. | |
and then when it goes, you find that metres turn into 50 or 60 | :25:03. | :25:11. | |
metres. The lead group of forcing the pace. Mo Farah is part of that | :25:11. | :25:17. | |
from other hard one mile or so. You can see at the back of that group, | :25:17. | :25:21. | |
Stephen Kiprotich finally giving it up in terms of trying to stay with | :25:21. | :25:31. | |
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this. But this is about slugging it out with the best in the world. The | :25:34. | :25:39. | |
quickest men that have ever run this distance all in their together. | :25:39. | :25:43. | |
One or two starting to struggle with this pace that has been set | :25:43. | :25:50. | |
through the first half. Emmanuel Mutai knows what it is like to win | :25:50. | :25:56. | |
in London. There is Mo Farah, dropping out just before halfway. | :25:56. | :26:01. | |
The of first head off for the second half of the race. It will be | :26:01. | :26:08. | |
interesting to see what Mo Farah's thoughts are about the pace. The 60 | :26:09. | :26:14. | |
minutes and 38, it will be a very fast first half marathon. Mo Farah | :26:14. | :26:22. | |
is now with Phil. London luck, you have won them many marathon three | :26:22. | :26:27. | |
times, was it like to be part of the main event? It was incredible, | :26:27. | :26:33. | |
the amount of support, cheering the whole way. For all anybody tuning | :26:33. | :26:38. | |
in and wondering why you have dropped back, just to explain. | :26:38. | :26:43. | |
aim was to learn a lot from here. Next year I'm going to run the full | :26:43. | :26:47. | |
marathon. The share I'm concentrating on the track. It is | :26:47. | :26:56. | |
hard to do the track and concentrate on the marathon. These | :26:56. | :27:03. | |
two had blown everybody away in this race. Tatyana MacFadden, head | :27:03. | :27:10. | |
down, working those arms. She did so well in the 2012 Paralympics. | :27:10. | :27:15. | |
This is an amazing win by Tatyana MacFadden. She did Boston at the | :27:15. | :27:24. | |
beginning of the week. Tatyana MacFadden going through just | :27:25. | :27:34. | |
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outside one hour and 46 which is an officially a new course record. | :27:36. | :27:41. | |
Priscah Jeptoo will have the centre of the road to herself. The welcome | :27:41. | :27:46. | |
sight of the finish line for the Olympic silver medallist, cheered | :27:46. | :27:52. | |
on by thousands and thousands here in the Mall. She has been supreme | :27:52. | :28:02. | |
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this year. Her training partner, one in Boston last Monday, and what | :28:04. | :28:12. | |
a wonderful way to celebrate in London today. The two of them, I am | :28:12. | :28:19. | |
sure, will be delighted in each other's performances. The two races | :28:19. | :28:24. | |
united in their two victories. A new personal best for Priscah | :28:24. | :28:32. | |
Jeptoo. She performed supremely well. She was patient and then in | :28:32. | :28:38. | |
the second half of the race was totally dominant. The best race of | :28:38. | :28:47. | |
her career. This is really fast. A course-record is definitely on | :28:47. | :28:52. | |
schedule. They will be very close, if they stay this competitive, to | :28:52. | :28:58. | |
the world record itself. Pair of Foul, and a miss men in the group, | :28:58. | :29:08. | |
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led by Emmanuel Mutai. -- there are four men in the group. They are | :29:13. | :29:22. | |
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running faster than anyone has run before at this point. Shelly Wood | :29:24. | :29:30. | |
being hunted down in the final straight. It has been a tough race | :29:30. | :29:35. | |
for her. I think she would just be pleased to get this over. It is a | :29:35. | :29:45. | |
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pretty good time for her. Just two Ethiopians. In the yellow vest, | :30:07. | :30:15. | |
Emmanuel Mutai. Stanley Biwott is looking comfortable there. That is a | :30:15. | :30:24. | |
big gap now. Edna Kiplagat on her way down to the finish. The world | :30:24. | :30:29. | |
champion won a very strong race, did everything she could do to hang onto | :30:29. | :30:35. | |
her compatriot, but had to sack of -- settle for second place today. | :30:35. | :30:45. | |
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Crossing the line, taking second place. There's a big change in the | :30:49. | :30:53. | |
men's race because all of a sudden it Emmanuel Mutai sensed his | :30:53. | :30:57. | |
opportunity, sensed Stanley Biwott had maybe pushed a bit too early, a | :30:57. | :31:03. | |
bit too hard. He strides into the front. He won two years ago and has | :31:03. | :31:13. | |
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been in the top four on three other occasions. He is just been | :31:15. | :31:20. | |
maintaining his pace wearers Stanley Biwott has not been able to keep it | :31:20. | :31:26. | |
going. And I can tell you Susan Partridge is just finishing. She is | :31:26. | :31:30. | |
just about going to make the qualifying time. A trip to Moscow | :31:30. | :31:40. | |
:31:40. | :31:41. | ||
could be the reward here. She's going to do it. The first British | :31:41. | :31:51. | |
:31:51. | :31:52. | ||
athlete home, well done. Now, Kebede has finished incredibly quickly. He | :31:52. | :32:00. | |
won in Chicago, and here in 2010. Just past the halfway point he was | :32:00. | :32:05. | |
seventh or eighth and now he is coming through strongly. There is | :32:05. | :32:13. | |
still well over a mile. We haven't passed that red telephone box yet. | :32:13. | :32:22. | |
There it is! So, Emmanuel Mutai still in the lead but he is being | :32:22. | :32:31. | |
chased. Look at this, we've seen Stanley Biwott make a big effort, | :32:31. | :32:35. | |
then it was Emmanuel Mutai, but now, with 1000 metres to go, will we see | :32:35. | :32:44. | |
a new leader? I think you would bet on Kebede at this point. Apart from | :32:44. | :32:49. | |
being really strong in the late stages, he's got a fantastic sprint | :32:49. | :32:56. | |
finish. We'd seen him win races in the sprint finish. He is catching | :32:56. | :33:00. | |
the leader. The difference in the two mentalities is important here. | :33:00. | :33:04. | |
Does he go straight past? That is the right thing to do. Straight | :33:04. | :33:09. | |
past, a glance, a forlorn glands from Emmanuel Mutai. He can't do | :33:09. | :33:19. | |
:33:19. | :33:26. | ||
anything about it. He wanted to come here last time, but he was unable to | :33:26. | :33:33. | |
persuade the bar it is the front. One more turn, one More St, one more | :33:33. | :33:43. | |
:33:43. | :33:45. | ||
straight. -- one more street. His style is perfectly suited to the | :33:45. | :33:54. | |
marathon. On this toughest of days for the marathon world, one of its | :33:54. | :34:00. | |
best has come through to be victorious. Kebede one in America | :34:00. | :34:03. | |
last year and now comes to London to take his second London Marathon | :34:03. | :34:13. | |
victory. There is the winner. Emmanuel Mutai looked as though he | :34:13. | :34:17. | |
would have the race, wasn't able to maintain. They've all slowed down so | :34:17. | :34:23. | |
much in the second half. A strong second half for Emmanuel Mutai. He | :34:23. | :34:27. | |
will be happy to have been in the top three. But victory was snatched | :34:27. | :34:37. | |
:34:37. | :34:41. | ||
away in the last half a mile, that will be tough to bear. Kebede, an | :34:41. | :34:49. | |
athlete they will respect. There they are, the two Ethiopians, first | :34:49. | :34:55. | |
and third. Well done DD appeared today. -- well done to Ethiopian | :34:55. | :35:05. | |
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today. Winner of the men's race, Kebede from Ethiopia. Emmanuel | :35:09. | :35:15. | |
Mutai, winner in 2011, having to settle for second place. Ayele | :35:15. | :35:25. | |
:35:25. | :35:25. | ||
Abshero in third place. Winner of the winners plays -- women's race, | :35:25. | :35:35. | |
:35:35. | :35:36. | ||
Priscah Jeptoo. A very strong run, you were third last year, second in | :35:36. | :35:40. | |
the Olympics, now you are the champion. Today I am very, very | :35:40. | :35:50. | |
happy. I couldn't believe it. I thank God. I'm very happy because | :35:50. | :36:00. | |
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I'm the winner today. Kurt Fearnley the men's wheelchair champion. David | :36:02. | :36:07. | |
Weir, defending champion, in fifth. Dave, a tough day at the office? | :36:07. | :36:12. | |
Yes, a bit tough. Having a break after the games, it was going to be | :36:12. | :36:17. | |
tough to get back in the swing of things. I had four months off. But I | :36:17. | :36:23. | |
felt good in training. But you know what it is like. Fitness is totally | :36:23. | :36:31. | |
different. Some bits I struggled a bit, but I always struggle the year | :36:31. | :36:36. | |
after. The London Marathon is always tough after a four-year cycle. But | :36:36. | :36:44. | |
I'm happy. You can't win all the time. Josh Cassidy, involved in the | :36:44. | :36:47. | |
nasty incident with Tiki Gelana dashed just tell is what happened | :36:47. | :36:55. | |
there? I don't know who's responsible but every single year we | :36:55. | :37:03. | |
come up to overtake the women and they want to have a good start for | :37:03. | :37:10. | |
television, but we overtake them and there is a bottleneck. The poor | :37:10. | :37:14. | |
women, you know, I just scrambling to find their feet, and sure enough | :37:14. | :37:21. | |
one of them knocked into me. I have a brand-new 2000 dollar pair of | :37:21. | :37:30. | |
wheels that are damaged, who is going to pay for that? Things have | :37:30. | :37:39. | |
to change. It is a tough sport. He will be back and I'm sure we will | :37:39. | :37:49. | |
:37:49. | :37:51. | ||
see another win from him in due course. The winner for the women's | :37:51. | :38:01. | |
wheelchair race went to Tatyana McFadden. Now that the way is clear | :38:01. | :38:06. | |
for the masses we've come over to the finish. More than �610 million | :38:06. | :38:16. | |
:38:16. | :38:19. | ||
has been raised in the events and three year history. -- in the | :38:19. | :38:29. | |
:38:29. | :38:31. | ||
event's 33-year history. They are on their way now. It will take a good | :38:31. | :38:35. | |
ten or 15 minutes for them all to reach the start line in Greenwich | :38:35. | :38:41. | |
Park. They are all eager to get going. One thing that will help us | :38:41. | :38:46. | |
to get a flavour of what is happening is our reporters who are | :38:46. | :38:53. | |
out and about along the course. We start with Denise Lewis. I'm here at | :38:53. | :38:59. | |
Tower Bridge. Just the sight of this iconic landmark will give the run as | :38:59. | :39:04. | |
a psychological boost, as they know they are half way. From here, it is | :39:04. | :39:14. | |
:39:14. | :39:14. | ||
six miles to Canary Wharf. 90,000 people work in Canary Wharf, but for | :39:14. | :39:20. | |
one day every year, the business district opens up to 35,000 runners | :39:20. | :39:26. | |
in the London Marathon. I'm here at the 18 mile point. The athletes are | :39:26. | :39:31. | |
dwarfed by some of the biggest buildings in the UK. The sunshine is | :39:31. | :39:41. | |
:39:41. | :39:41. | ||
here, the crowd here, the band are here. This is your 12 London | :39:41. | :39:51. | |
:39:51. | :39:53. | ||
Marathon. That is 12 years post-heart transplant. A young man | :39:53. | :39:56. | |
donated his organs to transplant and I was lucky enough to get his heart. | :39:56. | :40:05. | |
With that gift, I have managed to run 12 marathons, see my kids leave | :40:05. | :40:12. | |
school and become a grandfather. I would like to ask people to join the | :40:12. | :40:20. | |
organ donation register. The great thing about the marathon is no | :40:20. | :40:23. | |
matter what colour, religion or nationality you are, everyone comes | :40:23. | :40:33. | |
:40:33. | :40:41. | ||
together to run. You can never take that away from people. Richard | :40:41. | :40:46. | |
Whitehead will be absolutely delighted to come down this road. | :40:46. | :40:56. | |
:40:56. | :40:57. | ||
But his muscles on display. It makes you feel so humble. So many people | :40:57. | :41:07. | |
:41:07. | :41:10. | ||
running for great causes. This guy lost Lily at eight months, she was | :41:10. | :41:18. | |
little butterfly. We are running for these families. Look at all these | :41:18. | :41:26. | |
families. It has been nearly six years since we lost Lily who died of | :41:26. | :41:31. | |
a mitochondrial condition. We now support over 60 families and this | :41:31. | :41:41. | |
:41:41. | :41:41. | ||
year we went over the million pound target. Is it a help or a hindrance | :41:41. | :41:49. | |
running in a kilt? It's fine, I've got quite a lot of air, so I feel | :41:49. | :41:56. | |
cool and refreshed. Thanks. I'm going to carry on now. In this | :41:56. | :42:02. | |
heat, how are you feeling in their? I can't remember Bob Geldof ever | :42:02. | :42:08. | |
going to be is length, to be honest. I did it because it makes people | :42:08. | :42:18. | |
:42:18. | :42:18. | ||
smile. Everybody loves it. Some stunning shots of London. Some | :42:18. | :42:22. | |
inspirational shots of the athletes and runners finishing the course. | :42:22. | :42:28. | |
Many of them running to raise money, over half �1 billion raised since | :42:28. | :42:33. | |
this event started in 1981. Last year, one young woman took on that | :42:33. | :42:42. | |
challenge but her race ended in tragedy. It was the story that moved | :42:42. | :42:45. | |
a nation and went global. 30-year-old Claire Squires from | :42:45. | :42:49. | |
Leicestershire was one of 80 runners who set out in last year's London | :42:49. | :42:55. | |
Marathon to raise funds for the Samaritans. Her mum had volunteered | :42:55. | :43:01. | |
for the charity for 24 years. But she collapsed just a mile from the | :43:01. | :43:07. | |
finish and tragically died. As the news spread, donations flooded in | :43:07. | :43:13. | |
from the UK and around the world. Remarkably, she raised more than �1 | :43:13. | :43:22. | |
million. At inquest this year, it emerged she had innocently taken a | :43:22. | :43:24. | |
legal substance as an energy supplement during the race. It is | :43:24. | :43:34. | |
now a band drug. On this poignant anniversary a year on, the | :43:34. | :43:38. | |
Samaritans have set up a programme of projects of which she would have | :43:38. | :43:44. | |
been proud. Her friends are running today in a memory for a variety of | :43:44. | :43:54. | |
:43:54. | :43:56. | ||
challenges. A fitting tribute to a special woman. Rachel is with me | :43:56. | :44:00. | |
from the Samaritans. A tragic story, but one from which good has | :44:00. | :44:07. | |
come. It is amazing. The support we got after she died last year was | :44:07. | :44:12. | |
phenomenal. She has left an amazing legacy and it is very sad. We wish | :44:12. | :44:18. | |
to bring back, but the money it has raised and that people donated is | :44:18. | :44:24. | |
going to help save more lives. that money is still coming in, isn't | :44:24. | :44:29. | |
it? Yes, there has been quite a bit of money coming in last week, I | :44:29. | :44:34. | |
think with the anniversary of her death people have thought it is a | :44:34. | :44:37. | |
poignant time to continue to support the charity she was supporting last | :44:37. | :44:47. | |
:44:47. | :44:49. | ||
year. Keep up the good work. Sadly, we've all been commenting on the | :44:50. | :44:53. | |
beautiful weather conditions, but one or two of the athletes we've | :44:53. | :44:59. | |
seen coming down today are suffering a bit. It has been very hot indeed. | :44:59. | :45:03. | |
Frost on the ground this morning, but gradually the conditions got | :45:03. | :45:07. | |
hotter and hotter, and that has made life quite difficult for some of | :45:07. | :45:12. | |
these runners. Nevertheless, we are approaching the time when we will | :45:12. | :45:19. | |
have a peak volume of people coming towards the finish. Beautiful sights | :45:19. | :45:29. | |
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and sounds from this year's knows she has had a good run. And | :45:57. | :46:07. | |
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the bonus of beating Iwan Thomas. familiar face alongside me. A | :46:08. | :46:17. | |
veteran of 13 marathons. How does that one rank? Ice hoping to beat | :46:17. | :46:27. | |
:46:27. | :46:29. | ||
what I did in Amsterdam last year and I missed it by two seconds. I | :46:29. | :46:32. | |
saw some body dressed as a baby who was going to try and break my | :46:32. | :46:38. | |
record today, and he was well ahead of target. And also world's fastest | :46:38. | :46:45. | |
school boy, that has been beaten as well! This is a perfect day for | :46:45. | :46:53. | |
running. There are no excuses. Cool, with a light breeze, just wonderful. | :46:53. | :47:01. | |
I am running today for leukaemia research. It is what we are here | :47:01. | :47:06. | |
for, to represent the charities. looked good. How are you feeling? | :47:06. | :47:13. | |
Can you give me a piggyback to the end? I am running for the maker | :47:13. | :47:23. | |
:47:23. | :47:30. | ||
Wish Foundation. A painful last few miles and at painful last few yards | :47:30. | :47:34. | |
four and drew Strauss. Determined to beat his wife, I'm not sure if | :47:35. | :47:41. | |
he has or not. Former England captain, of course. That is a | :47:41. | :47:47. | |
really good effort. A lot of banter during the week amongst the | :47:47. | :47:54. | |
celebrities. Those who are former athletes being wound up by those | :47:54. | :48:03. | |
who are not athletes. A colleague of hours he was executive producer | :48:03. | :48:09. | |
of the Olympic Games last year, he has just had his 50th birthday, and | :48:09. | :48:14. | |
he is suffering a bit in the heat, as are a lot of the athletes. | :48:14. | :48:21. | |
London, Bob all else, paved the way for charity running, and that is | :48:21. | :48:29. | |
why we had so many celebrities out here. One who has performed in fine | :48:29. | :48:34. | |
style is so the Rainworth. That was really hard but a kind of Dudgeon. | :48:34. | :48:43. | |
I thought if I can get to 20 miles, then I can make it. I stuck to pays | :48:43. | :48:53. | |
:48:53. | :48:55. | ||
all the way round. It was great. I loved it. I found a camel! How you | :48:55. | :49:05. | |
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doing? It is a bit fruity. But we are having a good time. At the back | :49:07. | :49:12. | |
end, he decided went where in this Campbell situation? I definitely | :49:12. | :49:20. | |
drew the short straw on that want! Do you swap or do the whole race in | :49:20. | :49:24. | |
this position? I do not want to be in the front after he has been in | :49:24. | :49:31. | |
it. Unbelievably difficult! Just pure pain. You need to do it next | :49:31. | :49:39. | |
year. No way! At what point did it become unbearable? The range 21 | :49:39. | :49:44. | |
miles. Just try to hang in there and there is nothing in the legs. I | :49:44. | :49:54. | |
probably went out a bit too quick. I'm in a bad way! Looking just as | :49:54. | :50:01. | |
fresh and full of the joys of spring, Sian Williams, running for | :50:01. | :50:08. | |
back Millen. Just under the four hour mark. And a little sprint at | :50:08. | :50:17. | |
the end. Gone! Good technique. Usain Bolt has nothing on this tape | :50:17. | :50:27. | |
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-- on this girl! This is marathon number of one of and 52 for me and | :50:31. | :50:41. | |
:50:41. | :50:41. | ||
he has done 286. We have raised �250,000 for charity. | :50:41. | :50:47. | |
Congratulations to Kelly Sotherton. Her first ever London Marathon. She | :50:47. | :50:53. | |
is retired now and enjoy what the London Marathon has to offer. | :50:53. | :51:02. | |
Thomas was a great 400 metre runner. And Kelly Sotherton used to | :51:02. | :51:10. | |
complain about the 800m pink far too far! But few minutes ago they | :51:10. | :51:15. | |
it was nobody he finished this race in better form than Sian Williams. | :51:15. | :51:25. | |
:51:25. | :51:27. | ||
A superb sprint finish. I have been telling her about your comments. | :51:27. | :51:35. | |
Racing across the line, and Steve Cram says like Usain Bolt! Hardly! | :51:35. | :51:40. | |
I knew I was not racing for a time because I stopped at 11 miles. So | :51:40. | :51:49. | |
why thought, I do it for fun, really. What am I doing?! I think | :51:49. | :51:59. | |
:51:59. | :52:00. | ||
that was pretty impressive. They have all prepared for this event. | :52:00. | :52:10. | |
:52:10. | :52:11. | ||
You have to prepare. They have all got reasons for doing event. | :52:11. | :52:17. | |
are the first priest that I have stopped. God bless you child! I am | :52:17. | :52:24. | |
running for or a charity looking after disabled children. I'm too | :52:24. | :52:31. | |
tired! You only have bomb while to go. When you arrive, are the people | :52:31. | :52:41. | |
:52:41. | :52:46. | ||
waiting for you? Hopefully, it has been a long way. We are joined by | :52:46. | :52:52. | |
Kate McCann, who has just run her first marathon. It was really good | :52:52. | :52:56. | |
and the supporters and the weather helped. You have run a half- | :52:56. | :53:01. | |
marathon before so what was the motivation to step up? Had not run | :53:01. | :53:06. | |
a half-marathon but I have done 10 kilometres. The charity asked me | :53:06. | :53:09. | |
back in October and it is one of those things that I never in my | :53:09. | :53:15. | |
life thought I would do, and never really wanted to. But once they | :53:15. | :53:20. | |
asked me, I knew was a great cause. Running for something close to your | :53:20. | :53:29. | |
heart. Yes, not just for Butland, but for all missing children. | :53:30. | :53:38. | |
hot, it really hot! We are going to raise about �5,000 this year, but | :53:38. | :53:44. | |
next year we are going to run for 50 miles and then the following | :53:44. | :53:52. | |
year, Lan sent to John O'Groats. Depending to was that finish, not | :53:52. | :54:02. | |
:54:02. | :54:15. | ||
long to go. -- keep going to the finish. He has another career | :54:15. | :54:25. | |
:54:25. | :54:29. | ||
there! You are the queen of hearts. I am really going for it but I am | :54:29. | :54:36. | |
struggling. We trained in snow! What is this? The crowd have been | :54:36. | :54:40. | |
shouting your name. What difference does that make? It makes real | :54:40. | :54:50. | |
:54:50. | :54:51. | ||
difference. You want to stop but you cannot. Really wonderful. | :54:51. | :55:01. | |
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by and neck, I think! It has been unbelievable. This is my 12th | :55:01. | :55:05. | |
London Marathon and I have never seen so many people out on the | :55:05. | :55:09. | |
streets and the noise was deafening. There is such a great feeling out | :55:09. | :55:19. | |
:55:19. | :55:27. | ||
there today. You really do feel it. It is immense. I'm not sure he will | :55:27. | :55:32. | |
be the first clown across the line but perhaps the best stressed one. | :55:32. | :55:36. | |
This time last week I was thinking I might not even run but then after | :55:36. | :55:41. | |
the events in Boston on Monday, I just thought, a little Nicoll in | :55:41. | :55:45. | |
your late is nothing compared to what they have been through. I | :55:45. | :55:51. | |
thought even if I just walk it, I will do it. And in fact, I managed | :55:51. | :55:58. | |
to get round. It is very emotional. Really extraordinary day. The crowd | :55:58. | :56:03. | |
have been out in force. I Grant last year and a polite the crowd in | :56:03. | :56:13. | |
:56:13. | :56:22. | ||
some places was doubled last year - days. It was a promise I made to | :56:22. | :56:25. | |
someone, unfortunately when he was passing away, that I would do these | :56:25. | :56:34. | |
challenges. I n e started 19 months ago so it is all very new to me. -- | :56:34. | :56:42. | |
only started. The memories will stay with you for ever. I do hope | :56:42. | :56:45. | |
some of those runners and their stories have moved and inspired | :56:45. | :56:50. | |
some of few and there is plenty more athletics coming your weight | :56:50. | :56:58. | |
on the BBC. We will have the whole of the Diamond League once again | :56:58. | :57:07. | |
this season. And we are back out on the streets for the Great | :57:07. | :57:13. | |
Manchester City Games. And the Great Manchester Run takes place | :57:13. | :57:20. | |
the next day. That is it from the London Marathon for this year. Once | :57:20. | :57:26. | |
again it has shown off the very best of Britain. Hits passion, | :57:26. | :57:36. | |
:57:36. | :57:51. | ||
determination and spirit. From all one of its most important years. It | :57:52. | :58:00. | |
is playing his part -- at its part in helping the whole marathon world | :58:00. | :58:10. | |
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quickest men that have ever run this distance, all in their | :58:16. | :58:26. | |
:58:26. | :58:37. | ||
now. Kurt Fearnley wins it.A significant break by Priscah Jeptoo, | :58:37. | :58:44. |