Boston in Fearnley's mind after London win Australian wheelchair racer Kurt Fearnley was thinking of the Boston bombing victims after he secured a thrilling win in the London Marathon. Fearnley won on Sunday after timing his sprint perfectly out of the final corner. The Australian tucked in behind race favourite David Weir from Great Britain over the final few kilometres. Kurt Fearnley wins the London Marathon. He entered the last corner outside Buckingham Palace in third place before unleashing a powerful surge to easily overhaul Weir up The Mall. Fearnley, winner of the 2009 wheelchair race in London, won in a time of 1:31:29 ahead of Switzerland's Marcel Hug and Ernst van Dyk from South Africa. Weir ended up fifth. "Great to get a win," Fearnley tweeted after the race. Marathons rock. Love to all those who sent their support over the week. Boston ur always in our thoughts. Last week, Fearnley finished fifth in the Boston Marathon before two bombs exploded near the finish line killing three people and injuring more than 170. Sunday's London Marathon had a heightened police presence with Scotland Yard boosting the number of officers by 40 per cent. The 36,000 runners observed a 30-second silence to remember the Boston victims before setting off on the 42.2km test. Australian Christie Dawes finished fourth in the women's wheelchair race behind winner Tatyana McFadden from the United States. Ethiopia's Tsegaye Kebede and Priscah Jeptoo of Kenya triumphed in the men's and women's elite races respectively.