Overview

• Ethiopia's Tigst Assefa won the London Marathon in 2:15:50, breaking the women-only world record by 26 seconds.
• Kenyan Amos Kipruto triumphed at the Hamburg Marathon with a course-record time of 2:03:46, the first sub-2:04 finish in the event's history.
• The London Marathon saw a record-breaking 56,000 participants, while Hamburg hosted nearly 40,000 runners across multiple race categories.
• The Düsseldorf Marathon returned after a six-year hiatus, attracting over 16,000 runners, and Dresden's Oberelbe-Marathon set a new participation record with 7,863 entries.
• A medical emergency occurred near the Hamburg Marathon finish, where a runner collapsed and required resuscitation before being hospitalized.