London Marathon 2025 LIVE: More than 56,000 look to cross the line as Kipchoge and Yee fall short to Sawe’s superb run

THE London Marathon is back for another year, as over 56,000 people run the 26.2-mile circuit.

In the early race, Marcel Hug surged to victory for his seventh title in London in the elite wheelchair race as fellow Swiss Catherine Debrunner displayed equal dominance in the women’s race – replicating last year’s result.

Ethiopia’s Tigst Assefa lunged away from the chasing pack to break the women’s-only world record, as Brit Paula Radcliffe’s women’s course record, achieved with male pacemakers, will remain for least another year.

Sabastian Sawe was able to outlast a STACKED field, including four-time champion Eliud Kipchoge and two-time Olympic gold medalist Alex Yee, to win the elite men’s race and make good on the promise hailed on him.

The mass participation race has over 56,000 racing the London streets, with the race setting history as the most entered marathon in history.

Former Chelsea captain John Terry is running in the London Marathon in 2025, with other ex-footballers Jack Wilshere and Leonardo Bonucci also running.

• TV channel: BBC One

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