On a day when the capital’s streets basked in permanent smiles and unexpected sunshine, more than 40,000 runners aged from 18 to 89 created their own special London Marathon memories. Some stories, though, were even more extraordinary than others.
At the front of the field, the 23-year-old Ethiopian, Yalemzerf Yehualaw, became the youngest ever women’s winner of the race despite injuring her hip and knee when tripping over a speed bump six miles from the finish.
