Overview
- The Great Run Company confirmed on Monday that two 25-year-old men from the North East collapsed during the 13.1-mile Great North Run and later died despite treatment from on-course medical teams.
- The incidents happened during the race on Sunday, September 13, which drew about 63,000 runners on the Newcastle to South Shields route.
- Organisers said formal medical review and coroner investigations will establish the official causes of death and that no further personal details will be released out of respect for the families.
- The Great Run Company expressed condolences and said it is providing support to the bereaved families while emergency responders and race medical staff carried out interventions at the scene.
- The deaths cast a sombre note over the 45th edition of the world’s largest half marathon, an event that routinely deploys extensive medical teams and now faces follow-up clinical and coroner inquiries.