Top international runner Marleen Renders is a late entry for this month's London Marathon on April 26th, when she will take on Ireland's in-form Catherina McKiernan.

Renders (29), was fourth in last year's world rankings with a personal best time of 2:25.56 which brought her second place in the Rotterdam Marathon.

Renders, from Zonhoven, Belgium, has also finished in the Berlin Marathon in the last two years.