KEY POINTS

  • Wanjiru crossed the finishing line with a time of two hours, five minutes and 48 seconds.
  • Keitany finishes with a time that beats Paul Radcliffe's women's only record.

Kenya's Daniel Wanjiru has won the men's elite race at the London Marathon. Wanjiru, 24, saw off world record holder Kenenisa Bekele to cross the finishing line with a time of two hours, five minutes and 48 seconds.

In the women's elite race, Mary Keitany triumphed, crossing the finish line in two hours, 17 minutes and one second, a time good enough to beat Ethiopa's Tirunesh Dibaba who finished second, with a time of two hours, 17 minutes and 56 seconds.

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Ethiopia's Bekele threatened to close in on the men's race leader in the final stages, only for Wanjiru to summon a final burst to finish strongly and claim victory. Bedan Karoki, also of Kenya finished in third place.

David Weir meanwhile won his seventh wheelchair title.

The six-time Paralympic gold medallist saw off the challenge of defending champion Marcel Hug to clinch first place with a time of one hour and 31 minutes and six seconds.

Weir's latest triumph sees him surpass the six the haul of Tanni Grey-Thompson, who won six titles in the women's wheelchair race.

Manuela Schar meanwhile won this year's women's wheelchair race with a new course record.

Daniel Wanjiru
Daniel Wanjiru crosses the finishing line in the men's elite race. Reuters

Men's elite final standings

1) Daniel Wanjiru – Two hours, five minutes and 48 seconds
2) Kenenisa Bekele – Two hours, five minutes and 57 seconds
3) Bedan Karoki – Two hours, seven minutes and 41 seconds

Women's elite final standings

1) Mary Keitany – Two hours, 17 minutes and 1 second
2) Tirunesh Dibaba – Two hours, 17 minutes and 56 seconds
3) Aselefech Mergia – Two hours, 23 minutes and eight seconds