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Oct 3, 2021, 18 tweets

🔴NEW: London Marathon 2021 runners are preparing to get under way in Blackheath.

About 40,000 runners will hit the streets of London today for the 26.2-mile course.

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⏲️What time does it start?

🔴08.30: Mini London marathon
🔴08.50: Elite wheelchair races
🔴09.00: Elite women's race
🔴09.30: Elite men's race and mass start

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➡️The route: Blackheath to The Mall

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London Marathon: Where to watch the first half of the race ⬇️

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London Marathon: Where to watch the second half of the race ⬇️

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Elite wheelchair races under way

🔴The first elite race of the day has begun at Blackheath, with eight-time champion David Weir starting his 22nd straight London Marathon.

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📢The women's elite race has begun📢

Brigid Kosgei, the Tokyo Olympics silver medalist, is the favourite today. She is the defending champion for two years running in London.

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🏃Read our #LondonMarathon tracker to find out how to follow your friends' and family's running progress ⬇️

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🔴The start of the elite women's race

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📸Reuters/Andrew Boyers

📢The elite men are away📢

They spearhead the mass start, where we expect over 40,000 to be taking part

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🏃The elite men are through 5km🏃

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📸John Walton/PA Wire

➡️Matt Hancock has been spotted on the start line.

The former health secretary is running his first London Marathon, in aid of St Nicholas Hospice Care.

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🏃The women are over halfway🏃

There are still about 10 runners in the front pack of the elite women's race as they pass the halfway point

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📸Steven Paston/PA Wire

📢Switzerland's Marcel Hug wins the men's wheelchair race with a course record!📢

He's through in 01:26:27, a full three minutes ahead of USA's Daniel Romanchuk in second

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📸Kirsty Wigglesworth

📢Joyciline Jepkosgei wins the women's race!📢

The Kenyan is through in 02:17:43.

📸Matthew Childs/Reuters

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🇬🇧GB's Charlotte Purdue storms into third in the British all-time pace

➡️A massive moment for Purdue as she shaves more than two minutes off her best time, finishing in 10th place in 02:23:26.

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📸Matthew Childs/Reuters

📢Sisay Lemma wins the men's race with a time of 02:04:01!📢

Vincent Kipchumba is through in second (02:04:28), and Mosinet Geremew completes the podium (02:04:41).

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Runners stream over the line at The Mall in the shadow of Buckingham Palace.

🏃The three hour finishers are coming through now.

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