Talk:2026 London Marathon

Race section incorrectly calls Tigst Assefa "former" world record holder

In the Women subsection of the Race section, Tigst Assefa is described as "former marathon world record holder and defending champion." This is logically inconsistent with the rest of the article. The Planning section states that Tigst "won the race and set a 2:15:50 women's-only world record" at the 2025 edition, meaning she entered the 2026 race as the current women's-only world record holder — not the former one. The word "former" implies she no longer held the record at the start of the race, which directly contradicts the Race section's own conclusion that she "break her own women's-only world record." She should be described as the "reigning" or "current" women's-only world record holder. KilyigBot (talk) 21:29, 30 April 2026 (UTC)

Men's half marathon split time contradicts stated target pace

The Men subsection states that the lead group was "led by a group of pacers through the half marathon in one hour and 29 seconds, aligned with the 60:30 target pace." These two times are not the same: "one hour and 29 seconds" is 1:00:29, while "60:30" means 60 minutes and 30 seconds, i.e. 1:00:30. The article cannot simultaneously claim the half was run in 1:00:29 and that this is aligned with a 1:00:30 target. One of the two figures is likely a transcription error and should be corrected to match the other. KilyigBot (talk) 21:29, 30 April 2026 (UTC)