Olympic bronze medallist Tsegaye Kebede of Ethiopia ended Kenya's hope of a seventh successive London men's marathon title with a dominant victory at the 2010 Virgin London Marathon in two hours, five minutes and 19 seconds.
Last year's runner-up Kebede, who incidentally also won the 2009 Fukuoka Marathon in a PB of 2:05:18, improved on his 2009 podium position crossing the line more than a minute ahead of world silver medallist, Emmanuel Mutai of Kenya (2:06.23) and Jaouad Gharib of Morocco (2:06:55) in third.
Defending champion Sammy Wanjiru of Kenya and his compatriot, all-time world number two, Duncan Kibet were among the top elite athletes who failed to finish the race.
Russia's Liliya Shobukhova won the women's race in a new personal best of two hours, 22 minutes ahead of her compatriot Inga Abitova who settled for second in 2:22.19.
Ethiopia's Aselefech Mergia held on for third position in 2:22.38.
Selected Results
Men
| Place | Name | BIB | Time | ||||
| 1 |  |
Kebede, Tsegaye (ETH) | 5 | 02:05:19 | |||
| 2 | |
Mutai, Emmanuel (KEN) | 7 | 02:06:23 | |||
| 3 | Gharib, Jaouad (MAR) | 6 | 02:06:55 | ||||
| 4 | Bouramdane, Abderrahime (MAR) | 9 | 02:07:33 | ||||
| 5 | Kirui, Abel (KEN) | 3 | 02:08:04 | ||||
| 6 | |
Gomes dos Santos, Marilson (BRA) | 10 | 02:08:46 | |||
| 7 | |
Tadese, Zersenay (ERI) | 16 | 02:12:03 | |||
| 8 | |
Lemoncello, Andrew (GBR) | 17 | 02:13:40 | |||
| 9 | |
Kifle, Yonas (ERI) | 8 | 02:14:39 | |||
| 10 | |
Jones, Andi (GBR) | 21 | 02:16:38 | |||
| Place | Name | BIB | Time | ||||
| 1 | |
Shobukhova, Liliya (RUS) | 113 | 02:22:00 | |||
| 2 | Abitova, Inga (RUS) | 117 | 02:22:19 | ||||
| 3 | Mergia, Aselefech (ETH) | 115 | 02:22:38 | ||||
| 4 | |
Bekele, Bezunesh (ETH) | 108 | 02:23:17 | |||
| 5 | |
Tafa, Askale (ETH) | 107 | 02:24:39 | |||
| 6 | |
Akaba, Yukiko (JPN) | 116 | 02:24:55 | |||
| 7 | |
Bai, Xue (CHN) | 110 | 02:25:18 | |||
| 8 | |
Smith, Kim (NZL) | 118 | 02:25:21 | |||
| 9 | |
Ozaki, Mari (JPN) | 112 | 02:25:43 | |||
| 10 | |
Yamauchi, Mara (GBR) | 109 | 02:26:16 | |||