London Marathon race director admits event may include only elite runners

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  • Hugh Brasher holds out hope for full October race
  • ‘At the moment, I don’t want to discount anything’

The race director of the London Marathon has refused to rule out staging the event as an elite-only race in the autumn if social distancing rules make it impossible to run as normal.

Hugh Brasher told the Guardian that while organisers still hoped to hold the event with 45,000 mass participants on 4 October, they were now scenario-planning around 10 other options because of the global pandemic.

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Written by Exclusive by Sean Ingle
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/apr/24/london-marathon-race-director-admits-event-may-include-only-elite-runners under the title “London Marathon race director admits event may include only elite runners”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.