The London Marathon has received a record 1.1 million applications for the 2026 event, far more than 840,318 from last year's ballot, race organizers announced on Saturday. The news comes less than a week after Tigst Assefa broke the women’s-only world record at last Sunday's London Marathon in 2:15:50, while Sabastian Sawe dominated the men's …
With the clock rapidly running out on the spring marathon majors season, Sunday’s London Marathon picked up where Boston left off just a week prior — and a stacked field of elites helped put a pause on long distance until the fall. Tigst Assefa shattered the women-only world record in 2:15:50 but 41 other records …
Tigst Assefa broke the women’s-only world record in the London Marathon on Sunday as Sabastian Sawe used a dominant performance to reach the top of the podium in a stacked men's race. Assefa, 28, crushed the record by 26 seconds by clocking a 2:15:50 that passed Peres Jepchirchir’s 2:16:16 mark that was set last year …
Sunday's London Marathon will be one of the most stacked in racing history with past winners, Olympic champions and the next wave of distance running all vying to close out the spring majors season at the top of the podium. Meanwhile, more than 56,000 participants are expected to take to the streets of London, passing …
London Marathon race director Hugh Brasher confirmed on Thursday that the race left the social media platform X in January, saying it "descending into a gutter." The race is the first of all seven major marathons to publicly affirm that it will no longer use the social media platform. During a press event for Sunday's …
Kenenisa Bekele has joined a loaded London Marathon marathon field that could rank as one of the deepest majors ever, organizers announced on Monday. Bekele, 42, is back to take another shot at the race he finished second in 2:04:15 last year and will face a stacked group of runners competitors on April 27. The …
Eliud Kipchoge will make his return to the London Marathon where he won a record four titles, race organizers announced on Friday. For Kipchoge it will be his first time back in London since 2020 where he finished eighth in rain conditions with an ear infection — and his first race since pulling out of …
The elite men's and women's fields for the 2025 London Marathon were announced on Thursday, with both Paris Olympic gold medallists set to take on the race's defending champions, who will also be on hand on April 27. “This is quite simply the greatest elite field in the history of the London Marathon," TCS London …
Peres Jepchirchir and Alexander Mutiso will head back to the London Marathon to defend their 2024 titles, race organizers announced on Tuesday. Jepchirchir's final sprint in the closing moments of last year's race gave her the win and a women's-only world record of 2:16:16 as Tigst Assefa (2:16:23) and Joyciline Jepkosgei (2:16:24) battled for the …
Sifan Hassan and Tamirat Tola are set to headline the London Marathon on April 27 as organizers announced on Monday that the Paris Olympic champions will kick off their 2025 campaigns at a major. For Hassan, she returns to the site of her marathon debut where she pulled off a stunning 2:18:33 comeback victory. Her …