London Marathon considering major change for 2027 elite women's race by including male runners

Organisers of the London Marathon are considering a major format shift for the 2027 elite women's race by potentially including male competitors and pacemakers to drive faster finishing times and challenge the world record.Hugh Brasher, the event's chief executive, has shared he is willing to explore the change after what he described as a heartbreaking sequence of events in women's marathon running this year."We're prepared to mix it up. We very much talk to the athletes about what their goals are," he told the Independent.In recent years, London's elite women's contest has been a women-only affair, a format that typically makes record-breaking harder because fewer runners compete at the sharp end of the...

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