The 2024 London Marathon noticed a number of world information damaged within the males’s and ladies’s races on Sunday, with the reigning Olympic marathon champion, Peres Jepchirchir, breaking the tape in a brand new women-only world file (a race with no male pacers). Within the males’s discipline, Ethiopian operating legend Kenenisa Bekele positioned second in a brand new masters file of two:04:15, solely 14 seconds behind the winner, Alexander Munyao of Kenya, who received his first marathon main in 2:04:01. Though there have been no Canadian elites within the London Marathon discipline, a number of runners within the mass race clocked spectacular private bests and achieved notable age class placings.
The quickest Canadian finisher was Timothy Fowler of Toronto, who ran a private greatest of two:38:24. The highest Canadian lady was Toronto’s Madeline McDonald, who crossed the end line in 2:47:11, in thirty second place. McDonald, 29, has beforehand represented Staff Canada on the junior degree and ran at McMaster and Toronto throughout her collegiate profession.
Prime 10 Canadian girls
- Madeline McDonald 2:47:11 (thirty second lady, twentieth in W18-39)
- Lindsay Cristante 2:59:59
- Meghan Tait 3:00:42
- Jurgita Budraityte 3:02:53
- Bianca Tillman 3:05:48
- Nini Wu 3:08:46
- Olivia Lukasewich 3:09:15
- Erica Inexperienced 3:10:26
- Erin Merkley 3:10:43
- Genevieve Cauffope 3:11:23
Prime 10 Canadian males
- Timothy Fowler 2:38:24 (620th total, 87th in M40-44)
- Alexander Katsaras 2:39:11
- Shawn Macfarlane 2:39:46
- Daniel Pham 2:39:52
- Nick Walker 2:42:49
- Samuel Issak 2:43:35
- Brendan Moore 2:43:49
- Hong Duan 2:46:12
- Riccardo Opeka 2:49:11
- Matthieu Fawcett 2:53:17
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Prime Canadian age groupers*
Males
Bruce Grant 3:01:38 – 4th in M65-69
Andrew Kilback 3:18:51 – 18th in M65-69
Ladies
Rosie Van Aspert 3:54:56 – eighth in W65-69
Linda MacDonald 3:13:15 – twelfth in W55-59
Judie Thom 3:35:17 – twelfth in W60-64
Barbara Freedman 4:26:54 – twelfth in W70-74
Madeline McDonald 2:47:11 – twentieth in W18-39
Linette Kennedy 8:00:20 – twentieth in W75-79
*We acknowledge those that positioned within the high 20 of their age class.
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