Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge ran the second fastest marathon in history to win the London Marathon for a fourth time as Britain’s Mo Farah finished fifth.
Kipchoge, 34, who broke the world record in Berlin last year, triumphed in two hours two minutes 38 seconds.
Farah finished 3mins 1sec behind Kipchoge, while Briton Callum Hawkins was 10th.
Kenya’s Brigid Kosgei, 25, became the youngest female London winner, with Britain’s Charlotte Purdue 10th.
Ethiopia’s Mosinet Geremew and Mule Wasihun finished second and third respectively behind Kipchoge, who finished 59 seconds shy of his world record of 2:01:39.
Farah’s time of 2:05:39 was outside his personal best but is the second fastest marathon time by a Briton.
Hawkins, making his return to the marathon for the first time since collapsing from exhaustion in the 2018 Commonwealth Games, set a new Scottish record of 2:08:14.
Kosgei beat defending champion and compatriot Vivian Cheruiyot to win her first London Marathon.
She crossed the finish line in 2:18:20, almost two minutes ahead of Cheruiyot as Roza Dereje of Ethiopia finished third.
Kosgei is 25 days younger than Aselefech Mergia when she won the 2010 race.
Purdue, 27, who beat her personal best by almost four minutes, told BBC Sport: “I am over the moon with that. To smash my personal best is all I could to ask for.
“I always get tempted to go with the leaders, but now I run better in the second half so I held back and that worked for me.
“I always promise myself in the last mile that I would never run another step. But this is not my retirement.”
