The forty fifth version of the race on April 27 seems to be set to boast arguably its strongest fields in historical past
Hugh Brasher, chief govt of London Marathon Occasions, describes the elite fields for the 2025 TCS London Marathon, as the best within the historical past of the occasion – and it’s troublesome to disagree.
The occasion on April 27 is ready to function all 4 reigning Olympic and Paralympic champions – Sifan Hassan, Tamirat Tola, Catherine Debrunner and Marcel Hug plus defending champions Alex Mutiso and Peres Jepchirchir and the proprietor of the brand new girls’s world document of two:09:56, Ruth Chepngetich.
Brits racing embrace Emile Cairess, recent from his Olympic fourth place final summer season, Eilish McColgan, Charlotte Purdue, Rose Harvey, Mahamed Mahamed and Phil Sesemann, along with David Weir and Eden Rainbow-Cooper within the wheelchair races. There’s additionally pleasure in seeing how Olympic triathlon champion Alex Yee will fare on his marathon debut.
After a week-long interval of elite athlete bulletins, the organisers have at present added Tigist Assefa of Ethiopia, the two-time BMW Berlin Marathon champion and Olympic Video games silver medallist, whose private finest of two:11:53 is the second quickest of all time for girls.
Sifan Hassan and Tigist Assefa (Getty)
What’s extra, the race will embrace Joyciline Jepkosgei of Kenya, the 2021 London Marathon champion, and Alemu Megertu of Ethiopia, the two-time podium finisher on the London Marathon and winner of the 2024 Valencia Marathon. Jepkosgei and Megertu had been third and fourth on the 2024 TCS London Marathon and produce the overall of ladies within the area with PBs below 2:17 to a record-breaking six.
There’s an thrilling marathon debut within the elite males’s race as Jacob Kiplimo, because the Ugandan joins Tola, Cairess and Mutiso on the beginning line of his first 26.2-mile race. The 24-year-old is the reigning world cross nation champion and has received Olympic and World Championship medals over 10,000m on the observe. He’s additionally a double (5000m and 10,000m) Commonwealth champion from Birmingham 2022 and is the second-fastest man in historical past over the half-marathon distance with 57:31.
Jacob Kiplimo (NYRR)
Additionally confirmed for the elite males’s race is Sabastian Sawe of Kenya, who ran the fifth-fastest time in historical past when he received the 2024 Valencia Marathon in 2:02:05 on his debut over the 26.2-mile distance; the reigning BMW Berlin Marathon champion, Milkesa Mengesha of Ethiopia; and Timothy Kiplagat of Kenya, who ran 2:02:55 to complete second on the 2024 Tokyo Marathon.
Sabastian Sawe (Getty)
Abdi Nageeye from the Netherlands, the reigning TCS New York Metropolis Marathon champion, is one in every of 5 nationwide marathon record-holders within the males’s area together with his PB of two:04:45 the quickest of a set which additionally consists of Germany’s Amanal Petros (2:04:58), Norway’s Sondre Moen (2:05:48), Australia’s Andrew Buchanan (2:06:22) and Denmark’s Jacob Sommer Simonsen (2:07:51). Italy’s half marathon record-holder, Yeman Crippa, can be amongst these heading to London.
Within the wheelchair classes, Manuela Schar of Switzerland, the three-time London Marathon champion, Susannah Scaroni of the US, the reigning TCS New York Metropolis Marathon champion, and Madison de Rozario of Australia will all do battle with Debrunner within the girls’s race whereas Daniel Romanchuk of the US, the reigning TCS New York Metropolis Marathon champion, can be difficult Hug and Weir within the males’s wheelchair race.
Ruth Chepngetich (Getty)
Hugh Brasher, CEO of London Marathon Occasions, mentioned: “That is fairly merely the best elite area within the historical past of the London Marathon. We’ve all 4 Paralympic and Olympic marathon champions, to not point out an Olympic triathlon champion in Alex Yee. We’re welcoming again all our defending champions and, excitingly, Ruth Chepngetich who produced one of the excellent athletic performances of all time when she grew to become the primary girl to run inside 2:10 at Chicago final yr.
“In Ruth, Sifan Hassan and Tigist Assefa we’ve got the three quickest girls of all time within the area in an exhilarating showdown. All three have run inside 2:14 and no marathon in historical past has ever had a quicker line-up. We’re at all times proud once we hear athletes say that the TCS London Marathon is more durable to win than the Olympic or Paralympic marathon. The explanation they are saying that’s due to the standard of the fields we assemble right here in London and this yr, our historic 45th version, is stronger than ever earlier than.”
Alexander Mutiso (London Marathon Occasions)
Elite Males
- Alexander MUTISO (KEN, Private finest 2:03:11)
- Sabastian SAWE (KEN, 2:02:05)
- Timothy KIPLAGAT (KEN, 2:02:55)
- Milkesa MENGESHA (ETH, 2:03:17)
- Tamirat TOLA (ETH, 2:03:39)
- Mohamed ESA (ETH, 2:04:39)
- Abdi NAGEEYE (NED, 2:04:45)
- Hillary KIPKOECH (KEN, 2:04:45)
- Amanal PETROS (GER, 2:04:58)
- Sondre Nordstad MOEN (NOR, 2:05:48)
- Yemaneberhan CRIPPA (ITA, 2:06:06)
- Andrew BUCHANAN (AUS, 2:06:22)
- Emile CAIRESS (GBR, 2:06:46)
- Mahamed MAHAMED (GBR, 2:07:05)
- Brett ROBINSON (AUS, 2:07:31)
- Jacob Sommer SIMONSEN (DEN, 2:07:51)
- Philip SESEMANN (GBR, 2:08:02)
- Adam LIPSCHITZ (RSA, 2:08:54)
- Jonathan MELLOR (GBR, 2:09:06)
- Dewi GRIFFITHS (GBR, 2:09:49)
- Weynay GHEBRESILASIE (GBR, 2:09:50)
- Jake SMITH (GBR, 2:11:00)
- Jack RAYNER (AUS, 2:11:06)
- Marc SCOTT (GBR, 2:11:19)
- Kevin SALVANO (USA, 2:11:26)
- Luke CALDWELL (GBR, 2:11:33)
- Marcelo LAGUERA (MEX, 2:11:54)
- Dan NASH (GBR, 2:12:59)
- Andrew HEYES (GBR, 2:13:52)
- Alexander LEPRETRE (GBR, 2:15:01)
- David BISHOP (GBR, 2:15:19)
- Logan SMITH (GBR, 2:15:49)
- William MYCROFT (GBR, 2:15:54)
- James HOAD (GBR, 2:16:29)
- Alex MILNE (GBR, 2:16:30)
- Chris THOMAS (GBR, 2:16:32)
- Carl AVERY (GBR, 2:17:01)
- Sean HOGAN (GBR, 2:17:02)
- Jacob KIPLIMO (UGA, Debut)
- Alex YEE (GBR, Debut)
- Jonathan DAVIES (GBR, Debut)
- Jacob ALLEN (GBR, Debut)
- Jack ROWE (GBR, Debut)
Emile Cairess (LM Occasions)
Elite Ladies
- Peres JEPCHIRCHIR (KEN, 2:16:16)
- Ruth CHEPNGETICH (KEN, 2:09:56)
- Tigist ASSEFA (ETH, 2:11:53)
- Sifan HASSAN (NED, 2:13:44)
- Joyciline JEPKOSGEI (KEN, 2:16:24)
- Megertu ALEMU (ETH, 2:16:34)
- Stella CHESANG (UGA, 2:18:26)
- Haven Hailu DESSE (ETH, 2:19:29)
- Susanna SULLIVAN (USA, 2:21:56)
- Charlotte PURDUE (GBR, 2:22:17)
- Sofiia YAREMCHUK (ITA, 2:23:16)
- Rose HARVEY (GBR, 2:23:21)
- Fatima Ezzahra GARDADI (MAR, 2:24:12)
- Philippa BOWDEN (GBR, 2:25:47)
- Lucy REID (GBR, 2:26:37)
- Emily DURGIN (USA, 2:26:46)
- Molly BOOKMYER (USA, 2:28:52)
- Louise SMALL (GBR, 2:29:33)
- Eilish MCCOLGAN (GBR, Debut)
- Holly ARCHER (GBR, Debut)
Eilish McColgan (Graham Smith)
Elite Males Wheelchair
- Marcel HUG (SUI)
- Rafael BOTELLO JIMENEZ (ESP)
- Sean FRAME (GBR)
- Kota HOKINOUE (JPN)
- Jake LAPPIN (AUS)
- Simon LAWSON (GBR)
- Ludwig MALTER (AUT)
- Michael McCABE (GBR)
- Patrick MONAHAN (IRL)
- Hiroki NISHIDA (JPN)
- Aaron PIKE (USA)
- Jetze PLAT (NED)
- Samuel RIZZO (AUS)
- Daniel ROMANCHUK (USA)
- Geert SCHIPPER (NED)
- Jeyna SENBETA (USA)
- Brian SIEMAN (USA)
- John Boy SMITH (GBR)
- Tomoki SUZUKI (JPN)
- Sho WATANABE (JPN)
- David WEIR (GBR)
Marcel Hug and Catherine Debrunner (LM Occasions)
Elite Ladies Wheelchair
- Catherine DEBRUNNER (SUI)
- Noemi ALPHONSE (MRI)
- Christie DAWES (AUS)
- Madison DE ROZARIO (AUS)
- Vanessa DE SOUZA (BRA)
- Patricia EACHUS (SUI)
- Yen HOANG (USA)
- Jade JONES-HALL (GBR)
- Tatyana MCFADDEN (USA)
- Merle MENJE (GER)
- Tsubasa NAKAMINE (JPN)
- Eden RAINBOW-COOPER (GBR)
- Aline ROCHA (BRA)
- Susannah SCARONI (USA)
- Manuela SCHÄR (SUI)
- Wakako TSUCHIDA (JPN)
- Michelle WHEELER (USA)
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