Jepchirchir said on Tuesday that the start of her buildup was pushed to late January. She pulled out of last year’s event because of an ankle injury.
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Jepchirchir said on Tuesday that the start of her buildup was pushed to late January. She pulled out of last year’s event because of an ankle injury.
Organizers are in talks to create the Double London Marathon in a move to raise millions for charity with the elite races staged on separate days.
Hassan said in a social media post on Monday that she would withdraw from the April 26 race which she won in her marathon debut in 2023.
The stacked men’s group will also feature Jacob Kiplimo, Deresa Geleta, Amos Kipruto, Tamirat Tola, Amanal Petros and Geoffrey Kamworor.
Tigst Assefa claimed the women’s-only world record in 2:15.50 as she dominated last year’s race and will be back in action on April 26.
The 2025 London Marathon set a new world record for the largest annual one-day fundraiser, pulling in $117 million and beating its own previous record from last year's race. London Marathon Events, the organizer of the race that was held on April 27, announced on Tuesday that the new record easily topped 2024's total by …
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 …