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Historic 45th edition sees greatest ever fields at TCS London Marathon
Hugh Brasher, London Marathon Events CEO, describes the elite fields for
the 2025 TCS London Marathon as the greatest in the history of the event.
Throughout this week, the TCS London Marathon has been announcing the
athletes who will race at this year's event, the historic 45th edition of
the London Marathon, on Sunday 27 April.
Those already confirmed include all four Olympic and Paralympic champions –
Sifan Hassan (NED), Tamirat Tola (ETH), Catherine Debrunner (SUI) and
Marcel Hug (SUI) – defending champions Alex Mutiso (KEN) and Peres
Jepchirchir (KEN) and the owner of the stunning new women's world record of
2:09:56, Ruth Chepngetich (KEN).
Brits racing include Emile Cairess, the new home-grown star of marathon
running, and David Weir and Eden Rainbow-Cooper in the wheelchair races.
There is also great excitement in seeing how Olympic triathlon champion
Alex Yee will fare on his marathon debut.
Today, the TCS London Marathon reveals the complete elite fields for the
2025 TCS London Marathon which will include the first women's marathon in
history where three of the starters have run faster than 2:14. Joining
Chepngetich (2:09:56) and Hassan (2:13:44) on the Start Line will be Tigst
Assefa (ETH), the two-time BMW Berlin Marathon champion and Olympic Games
silver medallist, whose personal best of 2:11:53 is the second fastest of
all time for women.
In what promises to be a showdown for the ages, the race will also include
Joyciline Jepkosgei (KEN), the 2021 London Marathon champion, and Alemu
Megertu (ETH), the two-time podium finisher at the London Marathon and
winner of the 2024 Valencia Marathon. Jepkosgei and Megertu were third and
fourth at the 2024 TCS London Marathon and bring the total of women in the
field with PBs under 2:17 to a record-breaking six.
There is an exciting marathon debut in the elite men's race as Jacob
Kiplimo (UGA) joins Tola, Cairess and Mutiso on the Start Line of his first
26.2-mile race. The 24-year-old is the reigning World Cross Country
Champion and has won Olympic and World Championship medals over 10,000m on
the track. He is also a double (5,000m and 10,000m) Commonwealth Games
champion from Birmingham 2022 and is the second-fastest man in history over
the half-marathon distance (57:31).
Also confirmed for the elite men's race is Sabastian Sawe (KEN), who ran
the fifth-fastest time in history when he won 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 (ETH); and Timothy Kiplagat (KEN), who
ran 2:02:55 to finish second at the 2024 Tokyo Marathon.
Abdi Nageeye (NED), the reigning TCS New York City Marathon champion, is
one of five national marathon record holders in the men's field with his PB
of 2:04:45 the fastest of a set which also includes 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, is also among those heading to
London.
In the wheelchair categories, Manuela Schar (SUI), the three-time London
Marathon champion, Susannah Scaroni (USA), the reigning TCS New York City
Marathon champion, and Madison de Rozario (AUS) will all do battle with
Debrunner in the women's race while Daniel Romanchuk (USA), the reigning
TCS New York City Marathon champion, will be challenging Hug and Weir in
the men's wheelchair race.
Hugh Brasher, CEO of London Marathon Events, said: "This is quite simply
the greatest elite field in the history of the London Marathon. We have all
four Paralympic and Olympic marathon champions, not to mention an Olympic
triathlon champion in Alex Yee. We are welcoming back all our defending
champions and, excitingly, Ruth Chepngetich who produced one of the most
outstanding athletic performances of all time when she became the first
woman to run inside 2:10 at Chicago last year.
"In Ruth, Sifan Hassan and Tigst Assefa we have the three fastest women of
all time in the field in a thrilling showdown. All three have run inside
2:14 and no marathon in history has ever had a faster line-up. We are
always proud when we hear athletes say that the TCS London Marathon is
harder to win than the Olympic or Paralympic marathon. The reason they say
that is because of the quality of the fields we assemble here in London and
this year, our historic 45th edition, is stronger than ever before."
2025 TCS London Marathon Entry Lists
Elite Men
- Alexander MUTISO (KEN, Personal best 2:03:11)
- Eliud KIPCHOGE (KEN, 2:01:09)
- 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)
Elite Women
- Peres JEPCHIRCHIR (KEN, 2:16:16)
- Ruth CHEPNGETICH (KEN, 2:09:56)
- Tigst 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)
Elite Men 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)
Elite Women 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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