‘Glorious day’: London Marathon organisers hail 2024 event as records fall

As well as new women’s-only record, race delivered largest ever number of participants and new charity fundraising highThe London Marathon’s organisers have hailed another “glorious day” on the streets of the UK capital after a series of records – including the women’s-only world record – were broken.More than 50,000 finishers were forecast to have crossed the line by late on Sunday, another record, while the race director, Hugh Brasher, predicted that t