Cape Town Marathon organisers are aiming for event to achieve the same status on the world athletics calendar as the New York, London, Berlin, Tokyo, Chicago and Boston marathons.
Kenya’s Edwin Koech was first across the finishing line in the 2019 Cape Town Marathon. The 2022 event will be an Abbott World Marathon Majors candidate race.Cape Town Marathon organisers are reaching for the top of the world in a bid to sit alongside the planet’s greatest 42km majors such as New York, London and Tokyo.
Only six races hold major status — New York, London, Berlin, Tokyo, Chicago and Boston — and their popularity is so great that more entries are rejected than accepted. “We are pulling out all the stops to achieve these goals, and are excited to receive the support from our runners, spectators, sponsors and the city to make this dream a reality.”
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