2016 London Marathon - Virgin Money London Marathon

April 24, 2016
London, England
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Runner's World:

London organizers DQed the 18-year-old runner for missing a timing mat, but Murphy helped prove it was a chip malfunction.

BBC Sport:

Merrien ran at the 2012 Games, but was only the 7th Brit on Sunday.

Athletics Weekly:

The 31-year-old was running for a UK military charity when he suffered heart attack near the finish line. *2nd article

Sonia Samuels - Running to the top:

The 36-year-old Terrence Mahon-coached runner has had a big year as she ran a 3-minute PR with 2:28 in Berlin to get the qualifying time and was the second Brit in London to earn a spot for Rio.

BBC Sport:

Callum guaranteed selection by finishing as the top Brit, but Derek had to wait until the selection committee chose the 3rd spot.

BBC Sport:

Even though she had Olympic selection locked up, she still made sure to beat Sonia Samuels by 8-seconds saying, "It would have been lovely if we had gone 'let's cross the line hand in hand'. But no, you still want the bragging rights."

Runner's World:

Kipchoge was 21-seconds faster through the half, but lost a lot of time with a "slow" 14:54 split from 30 to 35K.

The Standard:

The headline says "Sumgong proved critics wrong", but all it does is serve as a reminder that Sumgong was initially banned before being cleared on appeal.

TimesLIVE:

She she and her husband, 400 hurdler LJ van Zyl, will go to their second Olympics together.

The Sydney Morning Herald:

Mottram was through halfway in 1:07, but felt apart after that. ."It was a tough, long day for me. But I came to London to run a marathon and I finished it. *Discuss

Irish Examiner:

The top Irishman in London was Sean Hehir, but his 2:17:20 won't be enough to get him on the Olympic team.

Athletics Weekly:

Callum Hawkins' brother Derek was 3rd, but will have to hope for selection by committee as only the top-two automatically make the team.

Athletics Weekly:

“I am not happy about it. It was a fast, hard race and you need energy!”

Virginmoneylondonmarathon:

All are very random, but the fastest was the 2:39:09 ran by a guy dressed as Elsa from the movie, Frozen.

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