Paramedics treated 40 people, of whom 26 were taken to hospital, seven in a serious condition
More than 25 people have been taken to hospital, with several in a critical condition, after running the Sydney Marathon in unusually warm weather for early spring.
Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup At 7.30am, just after the marathon began, temperatures were already 20C and had risen to 24.3C by 9am.
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