London Marathon 2022: Race attracts 42,000 participants

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An estimated 42,000 people are running the London Marathon as large crowds watch.

Image caption,Williamson sounded the buzzer for the wheelchair races to begin at about 08:50 BST, while White started the women's elite race at 09:00 and Scott pressed the buzzer to send the elite men and everyone else across the start

line by 10:00.Among the famous faces taking part in the 26.2-mile run from Greenwich to The Mall, were actors Cynthia Erivo and Stephen Mangan and reality TV star turned presenter Mark Wright, who was forced to drop out last year due to injury.

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