Watch: The London 10,000 - Farah, Butchart & McColgan in action

1. Use play icon at top of the page to watch live coverage
2. Seven-time winner Mo Farah runs first race since June last year
3. Farah, now 39, set course record of 27:44 in 2010
4. Farah racing against Andy Butchart, who ran 27:36:77 in March, Chris Thompson, Joshua Griffiths and Phil Sesemann
5. Eilish McColgan leads women's field having set the third-fastest British female 10k (30:52) at the Great Manchester Run last October
6. Samantha Harrison and Jess Piasecki also compete but Charlotte Purdue, the first British woman at last year’s London Marathon, has pulled out
7. Steph Twell, who won the London 10,000 in 2018 and 2019, also in action
8. David Weir and Shelly Woods lead wheelchair fields

What is The London 10,000?

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The Vitality London 10,000 returns after a two-year absence due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The 10km race is held on a central London route that starts on The Mall and finishes by Buckingham Palace, passing famous landmarks including Nelson’s Column, St Paul’s Cathedral, Big Ben, the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey along the way.

Sir Mo Farah is a seven-time Vitality London 10,000 champion and the course record holder, having set his PB of 27:44 on this course in 2010. He makes his return to competition after fracturing his foot last June.

In the elite women’s race, the field is led by Eilish McColgan, who became the third-fastest British woman of all time over 10K at the Great Manchester Run last October when she ran the distance in 30:52.

David Weir leads a strong men’s wheelchair line-up while in the women’s field, Shelly Woods is targeting a third win at the Vitality London 10,000.

Elite men

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Mo Farah – 27:44

Andrew Butchart - 28:05

Chris Thompson - 28:17

Nick Goolab – 28:22

Philip Sesemann – 28:24

Joshua Griffiths – 28:41

Hugo Milner – 28:46

Jack Gray – 28:57

Derek Hawkins – 29:24

Muhamud Aadan – 29:24

Derek Rae – 31:15

Elite women

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Eilish McColgan - 30:52

Sam Harrison – 31:11

Jess Piasecki – 31:19

Stephanie Twell – 31:55

Charlotte Purdue – 32:10

Rose Harvey – 33:04

Clara Evans - 33:07

Naomi Mitchell – 33:12

Wheelchair men

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David Weir

John Boy Smith

Simon Lawson

Danny Sidbury

Callum Hall

Michael McCabe

Ben Rowlings

Tiaan Bosch

Wheelchair women

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Shelly Woods

Jade Jones-Hall

Samantha Kinghorn

Melanie Woods

Mel Nicholls

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Claudia Burrough

Claire Danson

Ella Bouvard

How can I watch The London 10,000?

BBC iPlayer

Monday, 2 May

09:45-11:45

Live on the BBC Red Button, BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website & app.

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