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Mittlerweile gilt als so gut wie sicher, dass die 40. Ausgabe des Virgin money London Marathon<\/strong> nur als reines Elite-Rennen \u00fcber die B\u00fchne gehen wird. Vermutlich noch heute werden sich die Organisatoren des Gro\u00dfevents unter Race Director Hugh Brasher<\/strong> im Detail zur Veranstaltung \u00e4u\u00dfern (Anmerkung: UPDATE siehe unten). Die Jubil\u00e4umsausgabe war urspr\u00fcnglich auf den 26. April angesetzt, wurde aber schon zeitig auf den 4. Oktober 2020 verschoben. Wie fraglich allerdings die Lage in der internationalen Szene aktuell ist, zeigt schon die Tatsache, dass fast alle Veranstalter sehr unsicher die Perspektiven ihrer Rennen im kommenden Herbst bewerten. Nach Absagen in Berlin, Chicago, New York City, Rotterdam, Hamburg, etc. erschien es schon lange mehr als unwahrscheinlich, dass an der Themse ein Massenevent stattfindet.<\/p>\n U.a. soll das “Duell der Gianten” bei den M\u00e4nnern zwischen den Superstars der Szene Eliud Kipchoge<\/strong> (KEN) und Kenenisa Bekele<\/strong> (ETH) mit Versp\u00e4tung von einem halben Jahr \u00fcber die B\u00fchne gehen. Bei den Frauen wird die neue Weltrekordlerin im Marathon Brigid Kosgei<\/strong> (KEN) an der Startlinie erwartet. Kichoge und Kosgei hatten auch die letzte Ausgabe im Jahr 2019 gewonnen. Da es in der Herbst-Saison 2020 so gut wie keine weiteren Eliterennen geben wird, kann davon ausgegangen, dass am 4. Oktober 2020 alles, was irgendwie eine Namen in der Marathonszene hat, am Start in London stehen d\u00fcrfte. Auf das sicher einmalige Elitefeld darf man schon heute gespannt sein.<\/p>\n Eine weitere Entscheidung in London d\u00fcrfte von nicht unerheblicher Tragweite sein: Der Marathon im n\u00e4chsten Jahr soll nicht im April sondern erst am 3. Oktober 2021 stattfinden, um in Sachen Corona ein noch gr\u00f6\u00dferes Zeitpolster zu gewinnen. Das h\u00e4tte dann zur Konsequenz, dass die WMM-Events Berlin – London – Chicago im Wochentakt \u00fcber die B\u00fchne gehen w\u00fcrden. Ferner d\u00fcrften etliche Topathleten bereits im August bei Olympia in Tokyo starten.<\/p>\n UPDATE – 20:00 Uhr: Hier ist die offizielle Presse-Mitteilung aus London After months of intensive work and consultation with London\u2019s authorities, organisers today confirmed the plans for The 40th Race on Sunday 4 October 2020.Elite races for men, women and wheelchair athletes will take place on an enclosed looped course in St James\u2019s Park in a secure biosphere (a contained safe environment like that of Formula 1 and England cricket) and times will be eligible for Olympic qualification.<\/p>\n The long-awaited head-to-head between Eliud Kipchoge (Kenya) and Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia) will headline the men\u2019s race and world record holder Brigid Kosgei (Kenya) heads the women\u2019s field. Manuela Sch\u00e4r (Switzerland) and David Weir (GBR) lead the wheelchair fields. There will be no spectator access to maintain the biosphere but BBC Sport plans to broadcast eight hours of coverage during the day. (Please note: access to most of St James\u2019s Park will be maintained for local residents and park users.)<\/p>\n Everyone with a place in the 2020 event will still have the chance to take part in The 40th Race by running the famous 26.2 mile marathon distance from home or anywhere in the world on the course of their choice. All finishers will receive the coveted finisher medal and New Balance finisher T-shirt. In addition, all runners and charities will also be able to defer their place to a future London Marathon \u2013 in 2021, 2022 or 2023.<\/p>\n In 2021, the London Marathon will move from its usual April date to Sunday 3 October to give the best chance for the mass race to return in 2021.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have been working for months on a number of different scenarios\u00a0<\/em>with the health and safety of\u00a0<\/em>our runners, our charities, our sponsors, our volunteers, our medics, our communities and our city always our priority,\u201d\u00a0<\/em>said Hugh Brasher, Event Director of the Virgin Money London Marathon.\u00a0\u201cWe had detailed plans to deliver a socially distanced mass participation event \u2013 either a run or a walk \u2013 and we were planning to utilise new technology to do this.\u00a0<\/em>We were looking to use a revolutionary technology using Bluetooth and ultra wideband ranging, which is about to be launched worldwide.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cThis would have enabled us to accurately monitor every participant\u2019s distance from each other, work out if the participant spent more than 15 minutes within 1.5 metres (or any distance we set) of anyone else and then contact them post-event if anyone had informed us that they had contracted Covid-19 in the two weeks after the event.\u00a0<\/em>\u201cThe biggest challenges were not those involving participants but the multiple issues of managing spectators, ensuring the emergency services had access across London with the recent changes to the roadscape, the increased likelihood of a second spike that has led to the recent cancellation of spectator trials at major events and the ongoing concern about the pressure even a reduced size mass participation marathon might put on the NHS.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cDespite all our efforts, the fantastic support from all of our partners and the progress that has been made on planning for the return of smaller mass participation events that are not on the roads, it has not been possible to go ahead with a mass socially distanced walk or run.\u00a0<\/em>\u201cIn parallel with the work on the plans for the socially distanced mass event, we had a team working on planning the elite races for men, women and wheelchair athletes\u00a0in a biosphere environment in St James\u2019s Park and another team creating a truly inspiring Virgin Money London Marathon which means participants across the UK and abroad can still be part of The 40th Race from their home or wherever they might be on 4 October.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Participants in the 2020 Virgin Money London Marathon will have 24 hours to complete the 26.2 miles, from 00:00 to 23:59 on Sunday 4 October. They can run, walk, take breaks and log their race on a new London Marathon app being developed by event partner TCS. Runners can also use their time, with appropriate supporting evidence, to apply for a Good for Age or Championship place in 2021.<\/p>\n \u201cWe know how disappointing it is that the Covid-19 pandemic means that it\u2019s not possible this year to run the famous course on the streets of London,\u201d\u00a0<\/em>said Brasher. \u201cBut we\u2019re offering everyone who has a place this year, or who had already deferred to April 2021, the chance to participate in The 40th Race and every eligible runner also has the chance to run on the streets of London in 2021, 2022 or 2023. If existing runners do not want to take part in The 40th Race, we will be offering their places to other runners who would like to raise vital funds for charity.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Full details of the elite races and the elite fields will be announced later this month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Mittlerweile gilt als so gut wie sicher, dass die 40. Ausgabe des Virgin money London Marathon nur als reines Elite-Rennen \u00fcber die B\u00fchne gehen wird. 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Nach Insider-Information, auf die sich die Webseite von EUROSPORT beruft, wird es keine Massen-Veranstaltung auf der angestammten Strecke mit Start in Greenwich\/Black Heath geben. Unter angemessener Beschr\u00e4nkung der Zuschauerzahlen soll nun auf einem Rundkurs um den St. James Park zwischen Buckingham Palace und Themse ein Eliterennen ausgetragen werden. Eine Runde von gut 2 km L\u00e4nge soll knapp 20-mal durchlaufen werden, wobei im Elitesegment zahlreiche illustre Namen gehandelt werden. Soweit zu erfahren war, so die Position des traditionellen Ziels auf der Mall unver\u00e4ndert bleiben.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/run.hwinter.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/b-mar-2018-19-kipchoge-bekele-640x415.jpg\")
Das “virtuelle Duell” Kipchoge (EK) vs. Bekele (KB) soll am 4. Oktober 2020 in London Realit\u00e4t werden. (c) Livestream\/Screenshot\/HW<\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/run.hwinter.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/london-mar-2020-course-640x387.jpg\")
Der (vermeintliche) Kurs f\u00fcr das reine Elite-Rennen beim London Marathon 2020. (c) GOOGLE Earth\/HW<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Press Release <\/strong>August 6, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n