Giant Sifan Hassan will make his marathon debut on Sunday in London. She comes from a tough training period during Ramadan when she fasted.

"I feel both nervousness and curiosity at the same time," said the Dutchman before the race. Mo Farah has rounded off his career step by step with his final London marathon. The police have taken care that the competition, which has attracted 45,000 entries, may be disrupted by activists. The organizer has scraped together the strongest marathon field in history.