Elite field awaits Farah in marathon debut

Double Olympic gold medallist Mo Farah makes his London Marathon debut on Sunday with the British record, rather than outright victory, in his sights. Organisers have assembled a top-class field for the 31-year-old's first competitive race over the 26.2 mile course including the Kenyan trio of Wilson Kipsang, who set the current world marathon record of two hours three minutes 23 seconds at September's Berlin Marathon. Also included are Emmanuel Mutai, who set the London course record of 2:04:40 in winning three years ago, and Geoffrey Mutai, twice winner in New York. Uganda's world and Olympic champion Stephen Kiprotich will also be on the start line as will Ethiopia's double London champion Tsegaye Kebede and compatriot Haile Gebrselassie, who, at the age of 40, will seek to take the field through to the three-quarters mark in world record pace.

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