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Finnegan wins Olympic gold

British boxer Chris Finnegan won Olympic gold. In the final of the middleweight division, he faced the USSR's Aleksei Kiselyev, who'd won silver at light-heavyweight four years earlier. Before this ...

The ‘perfect’ little £3.50 train ride that takes you along London’s sandy beach

As soon as the sun makes an appearance in the sky, Londoners are either whipping their tops off and sunbathing in a park or ...
Monitor

Running alone, winning anyway: The defiant life of Kipsiro, Uganda’s forgotten champion

Kipsiro and Boniface Kiprop lined up against fields packed with Ethiopians and Kenyans. No role models. No real support ...
The Guardian

London Marathon sets record after 1.8% of UK adult population applies for 2027 race

The London Marathon has set yet more records with organisers announcing that 1.8% of the UK adult population – more than one million people – have applied to run in next year’s race. Running’s boom ...
Time Out

The 2027 London Marathon ballot has closed – here’s how you can still get a place in the legendary race

Missed the deadline for the public ballot? You’re still in with a chance of running the 2027 London Marathon next April Inspired by this year’s London Marathon, you’ve ordered a new pair of Hokas, ...
The Straits Times

London Marathon draws record 1.33 million entries for 2027

May 5 - A record 1.33 million people have entered the public ballot for the 2027 London Marathon taking place on April 25, surpassing the previous record set in this year's race, event organisers said ...
The Independent

Record number of people enter London Marathon 2027 ballot after historic 2026 edition

A record number of people have applied to run the London Marathon in 2027 by entering the public ballot. 1,338,544 people have entered the ballot for next year’s race, breaking last year’s record of 1 ...
London Evening Standard

London Marathon charity runner, 43, fighting for life after suffering heart attack at mile 25

Gareth Hopkins, 43, a paramedic with the East of England Ambulance Service for 21 years, is currently being treated in intensive care in a hospital in London. A GoFundMe page has been launched by ...
UK Fundraising

2026 TCS London Marathon expected to break its own world record for one-day fundraising event

The 2026 London Marathon has already raised £87.5 million for charities, breaking the world record it has already set for the most money raised for charity by a one-day event. Of this £42.2 million ...
Women's Wear Daily

New Balance Looks Back on Historic London Marathon

Sunday was a day flush with records at the London Marathon. Three men beat the previous world record for the distance, including the first two to surpass the two-hour barrier, a new women’s only world ...
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London Marathon breaks its own fundraising world record

The 2026 London Marathon has broken the race’s own record as the biggest annual one-day fundraising event in the world, organisers have said. This year’s event has raised £87.5 million for charities ...