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But the women's weight category that has hitherto been neglected.

There are no women's categories above middleweight in the Olympic Games, but there is a potential path for Buckle through this year's World Championships to the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in 2026.

Ethiopia's Tigst Assefa surged to victory in the London Marathon in a world record for a women's only field, while Kenya's Sebastian Sawe triumphed in the men's race.

Eilish McColgan was the leading Briton in the women's race on her marathon debut in a Scottish marathon record time of 2:24:25, beating Steph Twell's mark of 2:26:40 set in Frankfurt in 2019.

It was a Swiss double in the wheelchair races for the second year running as Catherine Debrunner broke her own course record in the women's race and Marcel Hug stormed to his seventh victory in the men's.