The Cape Town Marathon is hoping to join an elite class of events as part of the Abbott World Marathon Majors:
The 2022 edition of the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon is expecting approximately 18 000 runners from Cape Town, the rest of the country, and the globe.
The flagship 42,2 km event, taking place on Sunday, will be the first year of the race evaluation for the Abbott World Marathon Majors.The evaluation process will continue over the next three years and if successful, Cape Town will become part of the Abbott World Marathon Majors in 2025, joining Tokyo, Boston, London, Berlin, Chicago and New York.
“The City’s Events Coordinating Committee has been working with the marathon organisers for months on the plans for this event, putting in place mitigating measures to ensure minimal disruptions to people’s lives during the race,” said City of Cape Town Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security, JP Smith.
“Our traffic officials will be deployed in the critical intersections and will be working with race marshals along the routes to ensure motorists as well as residents can move through various detour.” The flagship marathon will be preceded by 10km and 5km peace runs as well as the two trail runs on Saturday.
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