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2025 TCS London Marathon

2025 London Marathon: Recap, Results, Highlights

2025 London Marathon: Recap, Results, Highlights

Catch up on all the action from the 2025 London Marathon.

Apr 27, 2025 by Harry Prevor
2025 London Marathon: Recap, Results, Highlights

The stage is set for the 2025 London Marathon, a race which bills itself as the most competitive of the World Marathon Majors year after year. The field has managed to meet high expectations again in 2025, with the Olympic rematch of Sifan Hassan versus Tgist Assefa highlighting the women's race. Their tussle at the end of the 2024 Paris Olympic marathon as captured by Michael Steele was the World Athletics Photo of the Year, and this morning they'll both race through the streets of London for World Marathon Majors glory.

On the men's side, half-marathon world record holder Jacob Kiplimo will make his long-awaited marathon debut facing marathon GOAT Eliud Kipchoge, Olympic champ Tamirat Tola, and Valencia Marathon winner Sabastian Sawe. Behind them, British Olympic triathlon gold medalist Alex Yee will be making his much-anticipated debut without the biking or swimming this time.

Throughout the day we will keep you updated with live results and moment-by-moment updates. Stay tuned to this page, and keep hitting that refresh button for everything you need to know from London.

Live Updates 2025 London Marathon (ET)

6:20 A.M. ET - Phenom Sawe wins the London Marathon men's title in 2:02:57

Kiptum's course record will stand another day, but a new star has emerged in Sabastien Sawe. He wins the London Marathon in 2:02:57, a minute ahead of Jacob  Kiplimo who had a solid debut in 2:03:37. It was a photo finish for 4th in 2:04:20 between Abdi Nageeye and Alexander Mutiso Munyao.

1. SAWE, Sabastian (KEN) 02:02:27
2. KIPLIMO, Jacob (UGA) 02:03:37
3. MUNYAO, Alexander Mutiso (KEN) 02:04:20
4. NAGEEYE, Abdi (NED) 02:04:20
5. TOLA, Tamirat (ETH) 02:04:42
6. KIPCHOGE, Eliud (KEN) 02:05:25
7. KIPKOECH, Hillary (KEN) 02:06:05
8. PETROS, Amanal (GER) 02:06:30
9. MAHAMED, Mahamed (GBR) 02:08:52
10. MENGESHA, Milkesa (ETH) 02:09:01
11. BUCHANAN, Andrew (AUS) 02:09:11
12. LIPSCHITZ, Adam (RSA) 02:09:48
13. MOEN, Sondre Norstad (NOR) 02:09:57
14. YEE, Alex (GBR) 02:11:08
15. GHEBRESILASE, Weynay (GBR) 02:11:21
16. SMITH, Jake (GBR) 02:11:57
17. LAGUERA, Marcelo (MEX) 02:12:03
18. SALVANO, Kevin (USA) 02:13:03
19. MILNE, Alex (GBR) 02:14:03
20. SESEMANN, Philip (GBR) 02:14:46

6:20 A.M. ET - Assefa is your 2025 London Women's champion in a women's-only world record

Assefa does it! She finishes the 2025 London Mararathon victorious in 2:15:50, managing to break Peres Jepchirchir's 2:16:16 mark set at this race last year. Jepkosgei struggled mightily over the last few miles but managed to hold on for 2nd in 2:18:43, just ahead of a charging Hassan in 2:18:59.

1. ASSEFA, Tigst (ETH) 02:15:50
2. JEPKOSGEI, Joyciline (KEN) 02:18:44
3. HASSAN, Sifan (NED) 02:19:00
4. DESSE, Haven Hailu (ETH) 02:19:17
5. CHERUIYOT, Vivian (KEN) 02:22:32
6. CHESANG, Stella (UGA) 02:22:42
7. YAREMCHUK, Sofiia (ITA) 02:23:14
8. MCCOLGAN, Eilish (GBR) 02:24:25
9. HARVEY, Rose (GBR) 02:25:01
10. SULLIVAN, Susanna (USA) 02:29:30

6:18 A.M. ET - 4:18 and 5:03 miles for Sawe and Assefa!

The men's and women's races started 30 minutes apart, but they're perfectly in sync now as Sabastian Sawe and Tgist Assefa have timed their monster kicks to perfection.

Sawe is superb, splitting a 4:18 20th mile to increase his gap. He's putting down the hammer and laying waste to the Olympic champions and world-record holders behind him. He splits 35K in 1:41:43, 22 seconds ahead of Jacob Kiplimo who is chasing solo.

But Assefa is not to be upstaged, running a 5:03 mile of her own to leave no doubt that she will be the 2025 London Marathon winner. At 40K, she has increased her lead to 56 seconds and is on 2:15:51 pace. Hassan is 3 minutes back, followed by Desse in 4th.

6:09 A.M. ET - Sawe and Assefa make their moves!

It's the most exciting moment yet in the men's race as Sabastian Sawe is dusting the field in front of our eyes, dashing down Rainbow Row and creating a considerable gap. And just when it couldn't get more thrilling, in a parallel race Assefa makes what is likely the winning move to break Jepkosgei. We've got a one-man and one-woman race now.

6:03 A.M. ET - Kipchoge shows signs of stress

To recap: We're at 30K now of the men's race in 1:27:47 (2:03:28 pace), and phenom Sabastian Sawe still leads a pack of nine: Hillary Kipkoech, Tamirat Tola, Milkesha Mengesha, Abdi Nageeye, Amanal Petros, Alexander Mutiso Munyao, Jacob Kiplimo, and Eliud Kipchoge in that order. Kipchoge is a second back and fading fast -- nobody can take his titles and accomplishments away from him, this may be the end of his 2025 London Marathon.

5:58 A.M. ET - Assefa and Jepkosgei duel with 5K to go

It's do or die for Assefa and Jepkosgei, and both runners are refusing to crack crossing 35K in 1:52:12 (2:15:16 pace). The women's-only world record is slipping away, but there's still a great race in store as Hassan slips further back, now over 2 minutes behind in 3rd place.

5:52 A.M. ET - Sawe is powering through 25K as Kipchoge looks good

Much like the great Kelvin Kiptum, Sabastian Sawe won the Valencia Marathon in his debut in a blazing-fast time. In a twist of fate, Sawe is now just seven seconds behind Kiptum's ghost at 25K leading the London Marathon.

It's a sight to see, and it's a great relief to find Eliud Kipchoge still firmly in that same lead pack out-running Father Time. The only straggler is Timothy Kiplagat at this point, meaning nine runners are still in it to win it splitting 1:13:00 (2:03:12 pace).

Behind them, triathlete Alex Yee is still on an impressive 2:08 pace.

5:44 A.M. ET - Hassan might truly be out of it now

The women are blazing past Rainbow Row at 30K, but they may as well be running down Rainbow Road as Assefa and Jepkosgei's gap on Hassan is growing fast. At 70 seconds now, not even a well-timed power-up might be able to save Hassan.

It's 1:35:33 (2:14:23 pace) for the leading duo running side-by-side, setting up for a fantastic duel over the last 10K.

5:35 A.M. ET - With pacers out, the racing begins for the men

It's still ten men at 20K, and with the pacemakers out it's time for the real racing to begin. Petros technically leads the half at 1:01:30 (2:03:00 pace), but the ten men are all playing a waiting game now seeing if anyone will make a break. The benefactor may be one Eliud Kipchoge, who is no stranger to winning unpaced races with his multiple Olympic titles.

In your men's chase pack update, Kipkoech and Crippa are 24 seconds back at 58:40 while top Australian Andrew Buchanan is on 2:07 pace leading Brits Weynay Ghebresilase, Phillip Sesemann, and Mahamed Mahamed with Norway's Sondre Moen running alongside.

5:30 A.M. ET - Debrunner scares but just misses her own world record to win the women's wheelchair race

What a finish in the women's wheelchair race as Catherine Debrunner looks to cross the line in 1:34:18, just two seconds shy of her own world record but breaking the course record. She won five gold medals in Paris and can now add the 2025 London Marathon to that title count. USA gets a podium as Susanna Scaroni finishes 2nd also under the previous course record.

5:22 A.M. ET - Kipchoge controls a big pack through 15K

It's still a pack of 10 through 15K in 43:36 (2:02:39 pace), with Kipchoge now breaking the wind behind the sole pacemaker left. As the king of the marathon over the last decade, it's fitting for him to control the race even at the looming end of his reign.

On the women's side Assefa hit 25K in 1:19:14 (2:13:43 pace) along with Jepkosgei, side by side. The Hassan gap has grown to 26 full seconds now, but oddly enough it feels like Assefa and Jepkosgei are the ones running scared now as Hassan has made up similarly crazy deficits before.

Desse, Chesang, and Cheruiyot comprise the chase pack over 3 minutes back, but Sullivan is still in good position on 2:24 pace in 9th just behind McColgan (2:21 pace) and Italy's Sofiia Yaemchuk.

5:20 A.M. ET - Marcel Hug wins the men's wheelchair race

Hug is the first winner of the morning, taking his 6th London Marathon title in 1:25:25. He was 44 seconds ahead of Tomoji Suzuki in 2nd.

5:13 A.M. ET - Hassan trails by ten seconds at the half

It's hard to believe, but Hassan has overcome bigger gaps than this before. She's ten seconds back of Assefa and Jepkosgei at the half, with Assefa splitting 1:06:40 (2:13:20 pace). Though they've slowed from the early pace, the women's-only world record attempt is still on. What's still yet to be seen is what will happen when the pacemakers drop off -- Assefa has looked most comfortable running in tow.

Alemu is still in 4th at 1:09:21, and the chase pack consisting of Dessa, Chesang, and Cheruiyot crossed in 1:09:56. McColgan is n 9th at 1:10:44 for a projected 2:21 finish.

5:05 A.M. ET - Wheelchair world record watch? 10 men faster than Kiptum

At 28:57 minutes, the men have passed 10K at a pace even faster than the late Kelvin Kiptum when he set his 2:01 course record. Kelvin went on to run a massive negative split, but the ten men in the lead pack right now -- Kiplagat, Sawe, Kipchoge, Mengesha, Munyao, Petros, Nageeye, Esa, Tola, and Kiplimo -- will have to worry about winning the race first. Pacer Abdisa Tola is already out, leaving two rabbits remaining.

On the women's wheelchair side, Debrunner leads by nearly two minutes at 30K in 1:05:57 (1:32:46 pace) -- that's under her own world record pace of 1:34:16.

4:58 A.M. ET - Alemu is the first to falter, Hassan plays mind games

Mergetu Alemu is the first out of the lead pack shortly after 15K, which Jepkosgei split in 47:11 (2:12:43 pace). To an untrained eye, Hassan looked dropped as well, but she rubber-bands back into the pack alongside Assefa and Jepkosgei. It'll take much more than that to lose the Olympic champ.

Haven Haile Desse of Ethiopia leads the chase over 2 minutes back alongside Stella Chesang and Vivian Cheruiyot, with McColgan running all by her lonesome at 50:02 in 8th place. Sullivan is still the top American in 9th behind McColgan in 50:30.

4:50 A.M. ET - Men's pack takes form

Early indications are that the men are on track, with a huge pack up front running comfortable. It's a stark contrast with the women's race which thinned out early, but might allow the likes of Eliud Kipchoge to stay in it even if his fitness isn't what it once was.

The 5K split of 14:25 (2:01:35 pace) is still quick, make no doubt -- Milkesha Mengesha leads at the market, with Valencia champ Sabastian Sawe, Timothy Kiplagat, Kipchoge, Germany's Amanal Petros, Alexander Mutiso Munyao, Tamirat Tola, Mohamed Esa, Jacob Kiplimo, Abdi Nageeye, Hillary Kipkoech, and Yemaneberhan Crippa of Italy all running within two seconds of him. That's a lead pack of 12 for those keeping count -- notable omissions are Alex Yee who's 20th in 15:12 (2:08:15 pace), and top American Kevin Salvano in 24th with a 15:19 split.

4:45 A.M. ET - Wheelchair half-way update

As the elite men and women runners are just beginning, the wheelchair racers are already past half-way. Marcel Hug leads Japan's Tomoki Suzuki by 7 seconds at 41:14 for the half, while on the women's side Debrunner, now properly tracked, is also 7 seconds ahead of Scaroni in 45:30. That places the men at 1:22:56 predicted finish and the women at 1:30:59.

4:40 A.M. ET - Assefa leads pack at 2:11 pace through 10K

The women are still on a scintillating pace, and Assefa is confidently leading behind the rabbits as the top four split 10K in 31:17 (2:11:53 pace). Assefa notably didn't go for a drink at the fuel station, and Hassan is still in the game but her movement around and sometimes behind the pack is untraditional, to say the least.

4:35 A.M. ET - Men's race begins

The men will be targeting 2:01:00 to 2:02:00 pace, but unlike the women they could be doing it with a big negative split as the pacesetters are only scheduled to come through the half-marathon in 61:00 to 61:15. For the likes of 56-minute half marathoner Jacob Kiplimo, that might be very doable.

The elite men are off cleanly along with the first mass start wave, creating chaos as expected for a few picturesque moments on the streets of London.

4:25 A.M. ET - Women's pack is set, and they're blazing through 5K

The women's lead pack has defined itself as Joyciline Jepkosgei, Tgist Assefa, Alemu, and Hassan are out through the downhill first 5K in 15:34. That's 2:11:22 pace! They're already 50 seconds ahead of the chase pack led by Vivian Cheruiyot and including top American Susanna Sullivan and top Brit Eilish McColgan.

Hassan has already been displaying her signature zig-zag running style, at times leading the pack or veering off the side, but if the 2023 London race was any example, that's no cause for concern for the Olympic champ.

4:05 A.M. ET - Women's race begins

It's a clean start as Sifan Hassan and Ethiopian Megertu Alemu sit right behind the pacemakers. Per Alberto Stretti, the top group will be targeting the women's-only world record of 2:16:16 by splitting half-way in 67:30, on pace for 2:15:00:

3:50 A.M. ET - Wheelchair races begin

The wheelchair races look to be a battle of Marcel Hug versus Daniel Romanchuk on the men's side, and Susannah Scaroni against Catherine Debrunner, Manuela Schar, hometown hero Eden Rainbow-Cooper, and USA's Tatyana McFadden on the women's. They'll be getting out early ahead of the pro running fields. (Note that Debrunner's timing chip isn't registering on splits, but she's right with Scaroni at the lead early on.)

How To Watch London Marathon 2025

Information About Entries At The London Marathon 

  • There were 840,318 applicants for the 2025 London Marathon, which shatters the record set in 2024 when 578,374 applications were received.
  • With such an incredible turnout, the London Marathon is the world's most competitive entry system marathon.

London Marathon 2025 Schedule

  • Elite wheelchair race: 3:50 a.m. ET
  • Elite women’s race: 4:05 a.m. ET
  • Elite men and mass start: 4:35 a.m. ET

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