Assefa beat the previous record, set by Peres Jepchirchir in London last year, by 26 seconds. The full results of the elite, wheelchair and mass races can he found here, where you can find out where your friends and family finished.

The sun is shining brightly and temperatures are rising as some 56,000 participants take on the 45th edition of the London Marathon. While the female elite race was won by Tigst Assefa in a women's-only world record time,

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