2026 London Marathon – Live updates<\/p>\n
All times local to London<\/p>\n
11:36 – RESULT: Sabastian Sawe blasts to marathon world record*<\/p>\n
Sabastian Sawe raced into the record books, becoming the first man ever to dip below two hours over the marathon distance.<\/p>\n
The Kenyan superstar dipped well under the previous world record held by the late\u00a0Kelvin Kiptum with a time of 1:59:30.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Following on his heels, Yomif Kejelcha also dipped below the magical mark with an equally incredible time of 1:59:41.\u00a0The top-three finishers all finished below the previous world record of 2:00.35, with Jacob\u00a0Kiplimo taking third place in 2:00:28.
*Subject to World Athletics’ ratification procedures<\/p>\n
11:25 – RESULT:\u00a0Tigst Assefa powers to second straight London title<\/p>\n
Tigst Assefa does it again! The Ethiopian distance star won back-to-back London Marathon titles in style by setting the women-only world record with a winning time of 2:15:41. Assefa lowered the mark she set at last year\u2019s race by 10 seconds.<\/p>\n
The women\u2019s race came to an exhilarating conclusion with Assefa pulling away over the last few hundred metres, leaving Hellen Obiri and Joyciline Jepkosgei in her dust. Obiri finished second in 2:15:53 with Jepkosgei taking third in 2:15:55.<\/p>\n
11:15 – Men:\u00a0Sabastian Sawe and Yomif Kejelcha in a two-horse race<\/p>\n
Sabastian Sawe would fancy his chances of successfully defending his title as he dictates the pace out in front with Yomif Kejelcha hanging onto him as they reach 35km. The duo is opening some daylight on Jacob Kiplimo, making it a two-horse race at this point.<\/p>\n
11:10 – Women: Hellen Obiri takes charge<\/p>\n
Two-time New York Marathon winner Hellen Obiri has taken charge as the pace slowed ever so slightly. It is still a three-women\u2019s race with Tigst Assefa and Joyciline Jepkosgei staying with Obiri.<\/p>\n
11:05 – Men: Six contenders still in the running<\/p>\n
The leading pack has been whittled down to three, with Yomif Kejelcha looking impressive on his debut as he stays in step with defending champion\u00a0Sabastian Sawe and Jacob Kiplimo. The leaders post a 30km split of 1:26:03.<\/p>\n
10:45 – Women:\u00a0Tigst Assefa comfortably in front<\/p>\n
Defending champion Tigst Assefa is looking comfortable in front, with Joyciline Jepkosgei and Hellen Obiri holding on to her. The leading trio reaches 30km in 1:35:21.<\/p>\n
10:40 – Men:\u00a0Frontrunners pick up the pace as they reach the mark halfway<\/p>\n
The men\u2019s frontrunners have picked up the pace as they go through the half-marathon mark under world-record pace in 1:00:29.\u00a0 We have Sabastian Sawe, Yomif Kejelcha and Jacob Kiplimo still in the mix.<\/p>\n
10:35 – WHEELCHAIR RESULT: Catherine\u00a0Debrunner\u00a0wins fourth title<\/p>\n
Swiss racer\u00a0Catherine Debrunner\u00a0bagged her fourth London Marathon and her third in a row as she beat Tatyana McFadden to the line in 1:38:29. Manuela Sch\u00e4r rounds out the podium in third place.<\/p>\n
10:25 – Men: Leaders reach 15km<\/p>\n
Half-marathon world record holder Jacob Kiplimo is at the front of the men\u2019s field, with the top contenders still running together as they go through 15km in a time of 43:10.<\/p>\n
10:20 – WHEELCHAIR RESULT: Marcel Hug claims eighth London Marathon title<\/p>\n
Swiss wheelchair sensation Marcel Hug\u00a0races to a record-equalling eighth men\u2019s wheelchair title at the London Marathon as he crosses the finish line in a time of 1:24:13. Xingchuan Luo of the People\u2019s Republic of China finishes second on debut, with David Weir taking third.<\/p>\n
10:15 – Women: Three leaders under world-record pace<\/p>\n
Tigst Assefa, Joyciline Jepkosgei and Hellen Obiri reach the halfway point running under world-record pace, clocking 1:06:12.<\/p>\n
10:05 – Men: Handful of elite runners out in front<\/p>\n
A handful of men are running at the front of the elite field with Sabastian Sawe, Yomif Kejelcha and Jacob Kiplimo going through 10km in 14:14.<\/p>\n
09:55 – Women: Leading group reduced to three<\/p>\n
The leading pack has been reduced to three women with Tigst Assefa, Joyciline Jepkosgei and Hellen Obiri setting a swift pace out in front, going through 15 kilometres in a split of 31:03.<\/p>\n
09:50 – Men: Leaders reach the 5km mark<\/p>\n
The men go through the first five kilometres in a time of 14:14 with the top contenders such as Sabastian Sawe, Yomif Kejelcha, and Jacob Kiplimo cruising along.<\/p>\n
09:40 – Women: Leaders go through 10km<\/p>\n
A leading group of four women go through the 10-kilometre mark in a time of 31:03 with Tigst Assefa, Joyciline Jepkosgei and Hellen Obiri out in front.<\/p>\n
09:35 – Men’s elite field sets off<\/p>\n
Defending champion Sabastian Sawe and half-marathon world record holder Jacob Kiplimo lead the charge as the men\u2019s elite race takes to the streets of London.<\/p>\n
09:05 – Women’s elite begins<\/p>\n
The elite women’s race, led by defending champion Tigst Assefa, sets off with Kenya’s Joyciline Jepkosgei and New York Marathon winner Hellen Obiri among the challengers.<\/p>\n
08:51 – Elite wheelchair race underway<\/p>\n
The elite wheelchair races start the action with Marcel Hug setting off in search of a record-equalling eighth men\u2019s wheelchair title here in London.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2026 London Marathon – Live updates All times local to London 11:36 – RESULT: Sabastian Sawe blasts to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":398482,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-398481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=398481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398481\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/398482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=398481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=398481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=398481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}