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London Marathon

  • London Marathon: 45 Guinness World Records smashed including for runners dressed as a boxer and 3D dinosaur

    London Marathon

    Tens of thousands of people braved the pouring rain to complete what is likely to have been the largest London Marathon in history and which also saw a new top time in the men’s elite race. Some 49,675 runners registered for this year’s race, up from the previous record of 43,199 in 2019 – and around 48,000 [...]

  • Kelvin Kiptum breaks London Marathon record as Mo Farah bows out

    We need to talk about Kelvin

    Kenya’s Kelvin Kiptum smashed the course record to win the elite men’s race at the London Marathon as Mo Farah bowed out of the 26-mile distance. Olympic 5,000m and 10,000m champion Sifan Hassan also provided fireworks in the women’s elite race, the Dutchwoman overscoming cramp to win in her first ever marathon. Kiptum’s time of [...]

  • Extinction Rebellion ‘expects up to 50,000 protesters’ on day of London Marathon

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    Extinction Rebellion has promised to avoid disrupting the London Marathon as it prepares for “40,000 to 50,000” activists to protest in the capital while the race is on. The group is staging a four-day protest outside Parliament Square from Friday but has been in talks with the marathon race director to ensure minimal disruption. Earlier [...]

  • London Marathon director plays down fears of protestors disrupting Sunday

    April 19, 2023

    The director of the London Marathon Hugh Brasher has played down the idea of the iconic 26.2-mile event being disrupted by protestors such as Extinction Rebellion. Brasher has said that Extinction Rebellion has assured the event – which will see elite athletes joined by 45,000 general participants run, walk and hop past some of the [...]

  • London Marathon: Where are spectators being to told AVOID due to Extinction Rebellion disruption?

    April 19, 2023

    Spectators have been urged to avoid a famous part of the London Marathon route on Sunday amid a planned protest, as a minister said Extinction Rebellion “must be stopped”. The climate group’s scheduled four-day protest in central London from Friday to Monday could see some 30,000 of its supporters in the Westminster area for the [...]

  • London Marathon: Yehualaw and Kipruto win in the capital

    October 2, 2022

    Both the men’s and women’s London Marathon races were won by maiden victors today as Kenya’s Amos Kipruto and Ethiopia’s Yalemzerf Yehualaw claimed inaugural titles on the Mall this afternoon. In one of the biggest marathons on the circuit – which has seen 42,000 mass participants – the African duo managed to break away in [...]

  • Is running the new golf? Why TCS has become title sponsor of the London Marathon

    September 27, 2022

    For four decades the London Marathon has had a consumer-facing brand as its title sponsor, from Gillette and Mars in the 1980s to the more recent Flora and Virgin Money. But that will change on Sunday, the first race of its rebranding as the TCS London Marathon as part of a six-year contract with the [...]

  • Ed Warner: Marathon season revives questions about unequal fight against doping

    September 22, 2022

    The track season is behind us and athletic thoughts now turn to autumn marathons. Berlin, renowned world record course, this Sunday. London and then Chicago within a fortnight. New York at the start of November.  That’s four of the six marathon majors in seven weekends, and doubtless plenty of competition among race organisers to secure [...]

  • BBC wins the race for London Marathon broadcast rights for another five years

    June 20, 2022

    The BBC will broadcast the London Marathon for a further five years after extending its long-standing rights agreement with the race’s organisers. The new deal begins with this year’s edition of the 26-mile race, which is due to take place on 2 October, and runs until 2026, marking 45 years of live coverage on the [...]

  • Weekend of achievements: 30 fun new world records set at London Marathon

    October 4, 2021

    A Londoner can boast she is now the fastest woman to finish a marathon in a cake, having competed in this year’s London Marathon. The effort by Anna Bassil, 42, of St Albans, is among 30 official Guinness World Records (GWR) titles which were broken as the Virgin Money London Marathon returned after last year’s [...]

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