Eliud Kipchoge and Kenenisa Bekele to battle in London Marathon
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Fans anticipate a spectacle throughout the 2025 London Marathon when two greats, Eliud Kipchoge and Kenenisa Bekele, conflict on Sunday, April 27, 2025.
The Ethiopian legend was the most recent man to be added to the boys’s elite listing. He is the third-fastest man in historical past over the marathon distance because of the non-public greatest of two:01:41 he set in Berlin in 2019.
Bekele was runner-up behind Alexander Mutiso in London final 12 months.
Apart from Kipchoge and Bekele, world half marathon champion Sabastian Sawe, who ran 2:02:05 in Valencia final month on his debut on the distance, Berlin Marathon champion Milkesa Mengesha, and 2024 Tokyo Marathon runner-up Timothy Kiplagat will also compete.
New York City Marathon champion Abdi Nageeye of the Netherlands, Olympic fourth-place finisher Emile Cairess of Great Britain, German record-holder Amanal Petros, Norway’s Sondre Moen, Australian record-holder Andrew Buchanan, Italy’s European half marathon champion Yeman Crippa, and Olympic triathlon champion Alex Yee are among the many contestants.
Kipchoge will likely be making his return to compete in London for the primary time since 2020. He has received 4 London Marathon titles in 2015, 2016, 2018, and 2019. He can be the quickest man within the area because of the non-public greatest of two:01:09 he set in Berlin in 2022.
Men’s elite area
Eliud Kipchoge (KEN) 2:01:09
Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 2:01:41
Sabastian Sawe (KEN) 2:02:05
Timothy Kiplagat (KEN) 2:02:55
Alexander Mutiso Munyao (KEN) 2:03:11
Milkesa Mengesha (ETH) 2:03:17
Tamirat Tola (ETH) 2:03:39
Mohamed Esa (ETH) 2:04:39
Abdi Nageeye (NED) 2:04:45
Hillary Kipkoech (KEN) 2:04:45
Amanal Petros (GER) 2:04:58
Sondre Nordstad Moen (NOR) 2:05:48
Yemaneberhan Crippa (ITA) 2:06:06
Andrew Buchanan (AUS) 2:06:22
Emile Cairess (GBR) 2:06:46
Mahamed Mahamed (GBR) 2:07:05
Brett Robinson (AUS) 2:07:31
Jacob Sommer Simonsen (DEN) 2:07:51
Philip Sesemann (GBR) 2:08:02
Adam Lipschitz (RSA) 2:08:54
Jonathan Mellor (GBR) 2:09:06
Dewi Griffiths (GBR) 2:09:49
Weynay Ghebresilasie (GBR) 2:09:50
Jacob Kiplimo (UGA) debut
Alex Yee (GBR) debut