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Ethiopia's Selemon Barega, the Olympic 10,000m champion, and Uganda's Jacob Kiplimo, the world record holder and reigning world half marathon champion, are both competing in the men's race. Uganda's Joshua Cheptegei, the world record holder for the 5,000m and 10,000m, has pulled out because of injury. But Britain's Marc Scott, who won last year's race, will be running.

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In the women's race, Kenya's defending champion Hellen Obirilines up against her compatriot Peres Jepchirchir, the Olympic marathon champion and world record holder. British interest will come in the form of Charlotte Purdue, who finished third last year, and Jess Piasecki, who competed in the Olympic marathon in Tokyo.

Seven-time champion and course record holderDavid Weir heads the men's wheelchair race while Samantha Kinghorn, Hannah Cockroft and 2021 champion Shelly Woods all compete in the women's wheelchair race.

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A total of 60,000 people have entered the 41st running of the world's biggest half marathon.

The ´óÏó´«Ã½'s live coverage will start at 10:00 on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Two, ´óÏó´«Ã½ iPlayer and the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Sport website and app.

The wheelchair races start at 10:15 BST, the women's race at 10:20 and the visually impaired race at 10:22. The men's race gets under way at 10:45, the same time as the club and fun runners.

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