Overview

• Street closures expanded across central districts with towing and cleaning underway; Straße des 17. Juni has been shut since 13 September and remains closed into next week, and about 40 tram and bus lines face diversions.
• Saturday’s program features the Generali 5K at 10:00, the Mini-Marathon at 12:00, and the inline marathon from 12:20 on an 8-kilometer loop ridden five times near the Brandenburger Tor.
• Sunday’s main race starts on the Straße des 17. Juni with handbikes at 8:50, wheelchairs at 8:56, and four waves of runners from 9:15; 55,146 runners are entered, with nearly 80,000 participants across all events.
• Live coverage airs on RTL from 8:30 to 12:15, continues on the Berlin Marathon YouTube channel from 12:30 to 14:30, and rbb broadcasts a highlights program at 18:05.
• Elite contenders include Sabastian Sawe, defending champion Milkesa Mengesha and Rosemary Wanjiru, and organizers say security plans account for potential protests.