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Inspired by the New York Marathon, the Olympic champion Chris Brasher and the athlete John Disley founded the current London Marathon. Its first edition was celebrated on 29th of March, 1981.
Nowadays it's not just a sport event. The Virgin London Marathon is one of the World Marathon Majors. Giving back, in 2012 it was the largest marathon with 37,227 runners finishing the race and more than 900,000 people have completed it since it was organized for the first time. But it's not only sport and fun because this competition has raised more than £500m for charity so far.
On Sunday 13th, around 36,000 people will be running 42.195 kilometres along London. The race is going to go through the landmarks of Greenwich, Buckingham Palace, the London Eye or the Tower of London.
The actual women's record is 2:15:25, set by Paula Radcliffe in 2003 and the best men mark was set by Emmanuel Mutai in the 2011 with 2:04:40. In this occasion, we are going to be focusing on the Olympic gold medallist and World champion, Mo Farah.
We encourage you to go and see the race by yourself. If you prefer to enjoy it at home, the competition will be broadcast on BBC1.
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The winners:
Tatyana McFadden won the women's wheelchair race
Marcel Hug wins the men's wheelchair race.
London Marathon 2014: In pictures
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