The 45th edition of the race on April 27 looks set to boast its strongest field in history
London Marathon Events Chief Executive Hugh Brasher describes the elite field for the 2025 TCS London Marathon as the biggest in the event’s history, and it’s hard to disagree.
The April 27 event will feature all four reigning Olympic and Paralympic champions, Sifan Hassan, Tamirat Tola, Kathryn Debrunner and Marcel Hug, as well as reigning champions Alex Mutizo and Perez Jepchirshire, and the new women’s world record holder of 2:09. Ruth Chepngetich.
Among the Brits in the race are Emile Keires, fresh from last summer’s Olympic fourth place, Eilish McColgan, Charlotte Perdue, Rose Harvey, Mohamed Mohamed and Phil Seseman, as well as David Weir and Eden Rainbow-Cooper in the wheelchair races.There is also excitement to see How will Olympic triathlon champion Alex fare? Yi in his debut marathon.
After a week of elite athlete announcements, organizers today added Ethiopia’s Tigist Assefa, the two-time BMW Berlin Marathon champion and Olympic silver medalist, whose personal best time of 2:11:53 is the second fastest of all for women.
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Also competing will be Joycelyn Jepkosgei of Kenya, the 2021 London Marathon champion, and Alemu Megertu of Ethiopia, a two-time London Marathon podium finisher and winner of the 2024 Valencia Marathon. Jepkosgei and Megertu were third and fourth at the 2024 TCS London Marathon and total number of women in the field with PBs up to Made the record six in 2:17.
There is an exciting debut in the men’s elite race as Jacob Kiplimo joins Tola, Kaires and Mutiso on the start line of his first 26.2-mile race. The 24-year-old is the reigning world champion and has won more than 10,000 Olympic and World Championships medals. m in track. He also doubles (5000 m and 10,000m) is the Commonwealth champion from Birmingham in 2022 and is the second fastest man in history over the half marathon distance in 57:31.
Jacob Kiplimo (NYRR)
Also confirmed in the elite men’s race were Kenya’s Sebastian Save, who ran the fifth-fastest time in history to win the 2024 Valencia Marathon in 2:02:05 on his debut over the 26.2-mile distance; Ethiopian Milkesa Mengeshan, reigning champion of the BMW Berlin Marathon; and Kenya’s Timothy Kiplagat, who ran 2:02:55 to finish second in the 2024 Tokyo Marathon.
Sebastian Save (Getty)
Abdi Nageye of the Netherlands, the reigning TCS New York Marathon champion, is one of five national marathon record holders in the men’s field with a PB of 2:04:45, which also includes Germany’s Amanal Petros (2):04:58, Norway’s Sondre Moe ( 2:05:48), Australian Andrew Buchanan. (2:06:22) and Denmark’s Jakob Sommer Simonsen (2:07:51).The Italian half-marathon record holder Yeman Crippa is also among those going to London.
In the wheelchair categories, Switzerland’s Manuela Schar, three-time London Marathon champion, Suzanne Scaroni (USA), reigning TCS New York City Marathon champion and Australia’s Maddison de Rosario will all battle Debruns in the women’s race. while USA’s Daniel Romanchuk, the reigning champion of the TCS New York City Marathon, will challenge Hoog and Weir in the race. men’s wheelchair race.
Ruth Cepngetich (Getty)
London Marathon Events CEO Hugh Brasher said: “This is simply the biggest elite field in the history of the London Marathon. We have all four Paralympic and Olympic marathon champions, not to mention Olympic triathlon champion Alex Yee. We welcome all our reigning champions and, excitingly, Ruth Cepngetic, the most outstanding athlete of all time.” gave one of the speeches when she became the first woman to run 2:10 in Chicago last year.
“In Ruth, Sifan Hassan and Tigist Asefa, we have three of the fastest women of all time in a thrilling showdown. All three have run 2:14 times, and no marathon in history has had a faster lineup. We are always proud to hear, that athletes say the TCS London Marathon is harder to win than the Olympic or Paralympic Marathon. The reason is that they say it is the quality of the fields that we are putting together here in London and this year, our historic 45.th publication is stronger than ever before.”
Alexander Mutizo (London Marathon Events)
Elite men
- Alexander Mutiso (KEN, Personal best 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 Nageye (NED, 2:04:45)
- Hilary 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 (Australia, 2:06:22)
- Emil CAIRES (GBR, 2:06:46)
- Mohamed MAHAMED (GBR, 2:07:05)
- Brett ROBINSON (Australia, 2:07:31)
- Jakob Sommer SIMONSEN (DEN, 2:07:51)
- Philip Seseman (GBR, 2:08:02)
- Adam LIPSCHITZ (RSA, 2:08:54)
- Jonathan Mellor (GBR, 2:09:06)
- Divy Griffiths (GBR, 2:09:49)
- Mets Gebreilazi (GBR, 2:09:50)
- Jake Smith (GBR, 2:11:00)
- Jack Rayner (Australia, 2:11:06)
- Mark SCOTT (GBR, 2:11:19)
- Kevin Salvano (USA, 2:11:26)
- Luke Caldwell (GBR, 2:11:33)
- Marcelo LAGUERA (MEX, 2:11:54)
- And NASH (GBR, 2:12:59)
- Andrew Hayes (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 DAVIS (GBR, debut)
- Jacob ALLEN (GBR, debut)
- Jack ROWE (GBR, debut)
Emile Cairess (LM Events)
Elite women
- Perez JEPCHIRCIR (KEN, 2:16:16)
- Ruth Chepngetich (KEN, 2:09:56)
- Tigist ASSEFA (ETH, 2:11:53)
- Sifan HASSAN (NED, 2:13:44)
- Joyceline 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)
- Sofia 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 BUCKMAYER (USA, 2:28:52)
- Louise SMALL (GBR, 2:29:33)
- Eilish MCCOLGAN (GBR, debut)
- Holly ARCHER (GBR, debut)
Elish McColgan (Graham Smith)
Elite men’s wheelchair
- Marcel HUGH (SUI)
- Rafael Botello Jimenez (ESP)
- Sean FRAME (GBR)
- Hokkien City (JPN)
- Jake Lappin (Australia)
- Simon Lawson (GBR)
- Ludwig MALTER (AUT)
- Michael McCabe (GBR)
- Patrick Monaghan (IRL)
- Hiroki Nishida (JPN)
- Aaron PIKE (USA)
- Jetze PLAT (NED)
- Samuel RIZZO (Australia)
- Daniel Romanchuk (USA)
- Gert Schipper (NED)
- Jayna SENBETA (USA)
- Brian Seaman (USA)
- John Boy SMITH (GBR)
- Tomoki SUZUKI (JPN)
- Sho Watanabe (JPN)
- David Weir (GBR)
Marcel Hug and Catherine Debrunner (LM Events)
Elite women’s wheelchair
- Kathryn Debrunner (SUI)
- Noemi Alphonse (MRI)
- Christie DAWES (AUS)
- Madison De Rosario (Australia)
- Vanessa De Souza (BRA)
- Patricia Eachus (SUI)
- Yen Huang (USA)
- Jade JONES-HALL (GBR)
- Tatiana MCFADDEN (USA)
- Merle Menje (GER)
- Tsubasa Nakamine (JPN)
- Eden Rainbow-Cooper (GBR)
- Aline ROCHA (BRA)
- Suzanne Scaroni (USA)
- Manuela SCHÄR (SUI)
- Wakako Tsuchida (JPN)
- Michelle Wheeler (USA)
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