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London Marathon live tracker: How to follow runners in this year's race | London Marathon live tracker: How to follow runners in this year's race |
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37,300 racers will set off from one of three allocated start points in Greenwich before running the 26.2 miles (around 42km) to the finish line on The Mall. | |
The race will be started off by British astronaut Tim Peake, who will count down from 10 to the start of the race. | The race will be started off by British astronaut Tim Peake, who will count down from 10 to the start of the race. |
Major Peake will also be running the marathon – on a treadmill on the International Space Station, following a virtual reality video of the course complete with digital versions of follow racers. | Major Peake will also be running the marathon – on a treadmill on the International Space Station, following a virtual reality video of the course complete with digital versions of follow racers. |
A live tracking page will be available on the Virgin Money London Marathon website throughout the day, where you can type in a runner’s details and track their progress. | A live tracking page will be available on the Virgin Money London Marathon website throughout the day, where you can type in a runner’s details and track their progress. |
If you have an iOS device, you can also track runner’s progress via an app which will display an interactive map allowing you to track the progress of specific runners. | If you have an iOS device, you can also track runner’s progress via an app which will display an interactive map allowing you to track the progress of specific runners. |
The app provides information about medical stops and drink stations along the way, crucially, a list nearby pubs. | The app provides information about medical stops and drink stations along the way, crucially, a list nearby pubs. |
Kenya's Jemima Sumgong overcame a heavy fall to win her first London Marathon ahead of defending women's champion Tigist Tufa. | |
Sumgong took a tumble at around 23 miles, apparently tangling feet with Aselefech Mergia in an incident that also saw one of the favourites Mary Keitany fall. | |
Sumgong, who has been a runner-up in the Boston, Chicago and New York marathons, cracked her head against the floor but ignored her clear discomfort to rejoin the leading pack and eventually pass them. | |
She finished in an unofficial time of two hours 22 minutes and 58 seconds as Tufa failed to haul her in on the final stretch. | |
David Weir was again denied a record seventh Virgin Money London Marathon title, as Marcel Hug won a sprint finish in the men's wheelchair race. | |
Weir finished second in 2014 and 2015 and was edged into third this time, with Switzerland's Hug powering towards the finish line ahead of American Kurt Fearnley. | |
Hug, who won the race two years ago but suffered a puncture last time around, was clocked at one hour 35 minutes and 19 seconds. | |
BBC1 began coverage of the marathon at 8:30am and will continue until 13:30, when BBC2 coverage will begin. | |
Reporters along the way will include three-time marathon winner Paula Radcliffe and six-time wheelchair race winner Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson. |
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