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Daily Record
16-05-2025
- Sport
- Daily Record
London Marathon 2025 prize money: How much winners and record breakers will receive in iconic race
A record-breaking 56,000 could finish Sunday's TCS London Marathon and while the vast majority will just want to make it to the finish line while raising huge funds for charities, there is some big money on offer for the pros at the front of the field. Last year London made the big step to offer equal prize pools for all four races - including the wheelchair events - and the sums remain the same for 2025. Organisers believe they have assembled the greatest elite field in the sport's history, despite women's world record holder Ruth Chepngetich and legend Kenenisa Bekele withdrawing in the past few days. Icon Eliud Kipchoge is among those lining up in the men's race, alongside 2024's fastest marathoner Sebastian Sawe, Olympic champion Tamirat Tola and recent half marathon record breaker Jacob Kiplimo. Triple Olympic medalist Sifan Hasan, who won this event in dramatic fashion two years ago, is among the favourites in the women's event along with former world record holder Tigst Assefa. Among the domestic interests are debutants Alex Yee and Eilish McColgan. Prize money, which is paid in dollars because it is part of the World Marathon Majors series, starts from $1,000 for 12th position up to $55,000 for the winners. But that money is supplemented by hefty appearance fees for the star names with time bonuses - capped at $150,000 - also on offer. The men's course record of 2:01:25 was set by Kelvin Kiptum in 2023, with Peres Jepchirchir running a women's record 2:16:16 in 2024 - less than a minute behind Paula Radcliffe's 2003 record of 2:15:25, which was recorded when the race was still mixed. Swiss Marcel Hug set a men's wheelchair record of 1:23:44 in 2023 with compatriot Manuela Schar holding the women's mark of 1:39:52 from 2017. And fast times could be on the cards again this year with the weather forecast predicting light winds and sunny spells - though the temperature could creep into the 20s by the time those back the field have reached the latter stages. London Marathon 2025 prize money (equal prize money for all four elite races) 12th - $1,000 (£752) 11th - $1,500 (£1,128) 10th - $2,000 (£1,504) 9th - $3,000 (£2,255) 8th - $4,000 (£3,008) 7th - $5,000 (£3,760) 6th - $7,500 (£5,640) 5th - $10,000 (£7,520) 4th - $15,000 (£11,280) 3rd - $22,500 (£16,920) 2nd - $30,000 (£22,559) 1st - $55,000 (£41,358)
BBC News
15-02-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Fisher sets second world indoor record in six days
American Grant Fisher broke his second world indoor record in six days by setting a new mark in the 5,000m on 27-year-old clocked 12 minutes 44.09 seconds at the Boston University David Hemery Valentine Invitational, to smash the mark of 12:49.60 set by Ethiopia's Kenenisa Bekele in was well clear of France's Jimmy Gressier who finished in a new European indoor standard of 12: who won bronze in both the 5,000m and 10,000m at last year's Paris Olympics, set a new 3,000m record at the Millrose Games in New York last achievement came a day after Norway's Jakob Ingebrigtsen improved both the mile and 1500m records in a race at the World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meeting in France.
