Kenyan takes London title to shatter Farah’s dream

Temperatures in the late-teens made for a balmy 34th London Marathon, as crowd favourite Mo Farah came home in eighth place for his course debut.

Unbroken sunshine and barely a breath of wind meant the 11C recorded at the start of the race in Greenwich at 10am felt considerably warmer, as racers began the arduous 26.2 mile course through the capital.

Kenyan world record holder Wilson Kipsang took the Virgin Money London Marathon title in an unofficial time of 2hrs 04mins and 29secs, a course record, with Farah coming home almost four minutes back.